@pluralistic Irony is very ironic sometimes.

@pluralistic I imagine that the workbook is a step by step checklist with a business plan for unscrupulous executives to establish trust with customers and suppliers, create a monopoly, then betray that trust for personal gain.

At least they would be honest with themselves about what they're doing and what it is called

@pluralistic personally I'm more worried and annoyed about LLMs spouting out copyrighted material from my books than some small-time scammer plagiarizing them.

@pluralistic You should publish an Enshittification Workbook.

@pluralistic #BoycottAmazon

@pluralistic Gaelic speakers are way ahead of you there - we've been enjoying our slop since 2016!

https://akerbeltzalba.wordpress.com/2016/09/01/when-things-are-way-way-way-worse-than-you-thought-they-might-get/

@pluralistic I'll withhold judgement until I find out who they're executing

@pluralistic LOL “Ronan Keir Thornwell”.

ChatGPT, please generate an aristocratic-anglo sounding name.

@pluralistic Enshittery is the sincerest form of flattery or something like that

@pluralistic it’s fun that they won’t sell a single hardcopy but they still killed a bunch of rainforest to generate it

@pluralistic but you earn 15 points though! who doesn't want points?

@pluralistic wow. Amazon is such a perfect example of enshittification. I remember when Amazon first started, I was so excited about an online bookstore. Now I hate it.

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Living off the fat of the land

@pluralistic oh, the irony.

@angusm @pluralistic the slop summarizers will eventually boil everything down to a single word.

This is how we get to 42

@kuraisle @pluralistic we have an extra part of the code for a smaller area, but you don't often see it. An example would be "27604-2017"

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#enshittification ouroboros

@pluralistic ah in the UK your postcode is a lot more specific! I suppose ZIP codes have to cover a much larger area