Alternstives I think of are walled gardens, collapse of the internet as we know it, lockdown of social media sites, etc. - none of them all that simple and miss the point enshittification has.

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The only other good term for Enshittification I've seen used is Platform Decay. It was even coined by the same person who coined enshittification.

[–] unrelatedkeg@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks, never heard of it & will switch to it myself!

Just as short and not as inappropriate.

[–] mob@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Decay?

[–] meyotch@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Decay is a natural process however that just happens if you don’t stop it. I still think ‘enshittification’ fits it best because it implies a bit of intentionality on the part of the shittifiers.

The term is sticky (ewww) and I think we are stuck with it.

[–] unrelatedkeg@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah. 'Decay' has a natural whiff to it, while 'enshittification' reeks of it being actively made that way.