Edit: Also, important to note up front… This is a policy problem. Anyone who recommends individual decision-making (voting with your wallet) — or worse, actively blames users for their own abuse — is (probably unintentionally) doing the work of tech bosses for free. Their entire goal is to create platforms that are unavoidable and inescapable. The fact that they’ve done so well at this speaks more to the quality of the regulatory environment than to the scruples of the consumers who suffer their regime. You can’t shop your way out of an oligarchy.
An Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet’s Enshittification and Throw It Into Reverse
Edit: Also, important to note up front… This is a policy problem. Anyone who recommends individual decision-making (voting with your wallet) — or worse, actively blames users for their own abuse — is (probably unintentionally) doing the work of tech bosses for free. Their entire goal is to create platforms that are unavoidable and inescapable. The fact that they’ve done so well at this speaks more to the quality of the regulatory environment than to the scruples of the consumers who suffer their regime. You can’t shop your way out of an oligarchy.