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But that severe enshittification means you have plenty of room to outcompete and offer a better alternative.
@volkris Good points.
Re: #enshittification, the sad truth is that a majority of customers don't care and all customer advocacy has been rendered toothless.
And, sadly, by the time enshittification reaches a point where you can compete on price, you will have already died of starvation...
@shrikant but if the customers don't care, then they won't be suffering.
This gets into the age old issues of trying to push the general public into higher standards and more cultured preferences.
Like, why are people settling for Marvel movies and the Super Bowl when they can be watching opera and reading Shakespeare?
For that matter, why are people settling for the cruddy user experience that is Mastodon?
At some point it's worth remembering that there's a diversity of taste out there, and that's not necessarily a bad thing.
If people want crap and I'm not particularly interested in giving them crap, well I probably should find something better to do anyway.
@volkris You are looking at specifics of the situation, while I'm trying to point out the problems on a larger scale.
I don't know where/how the subject of higher standards and cultural preferences is applicable here.
The 'find something better to do' bit you mentioned requires a significant investment of time and money and not everyone might have enough of a supply of either or both.