Another great deep-dive from @pluralistic into #enshittification viewed through the lens of #Amazon Prime #video .

https://pluralistic.net/2024/10/03/mother-may-i/#minmax

Cory notes the use of signing up for mailing lists as a tactic in the spiral of fuckery:

"The industry says, "Will you allow this many 'sign up to our mailing list' interrupters, pop ups, pop unders, autoplaying videos and other stuff that users hate but shareholders benefit from" and the ad-blocker makes a counteroffer: "How about 'nah?'"

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