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noun
The phenomenon of online platforms gradually degrading the quality of their services, often by promoting advertisements, recurring payments, and sponsored content, in order to increase profits.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, neologism, uncountable, vulgar
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Synonyms: crapification, enshittening, platform decay
Antonyms: deshittification, engoodening
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English shit English -ification English shittification English enshittification From en- + shittification (“becoming shitty”). Coined by Canadian-British-American blogger, journalist, and science fiction author Cory Doctorow in 2022 as a designation for a particular phenomenon affecting online platforms.
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