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Like many, I'm stocking my faves on physical media, thanks to the #enshittification of streaming.
Night Watch is incredible – a Russian flick with parallels to X-Men and the Matrix, though less glamorous; it's grimy and visceral, clever, and very morally curious. The ancient forces of Light & Dark really feel like they live in the real world, and it's gorgeous too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Watch_(2004_film)
My favorite bit on this watch: a centuries-old guy in a city office, doodling marginalia like a monk.
Here's my take on the #enshittification of internet technology over the 2010s, based on the word @pluralistic coined. I've added "developer enshittification" to the mix (see: React). https://cybercultural.com/p/enshittification/
However, I do end on a note of optimism: the decentralized web as represented by the fediverse, Mastodon and potentially Bluesky. "It's a new world for those who have chosen to leave the Enshittocene behind them. Won't you join us?"
The Enshittocene: How the Internet Got Worse in the 2010s
The 2010s was a period of the internet colonized by platforms, which caused 'enshittification' of web products. Users and developers both suffered, but are fighting back now through the decentralized web.Cybercultural
TBH, "NoCode" is just yet another buzzword that's being swung around by TechBros aka. VC scammers because at best it's a simple UI-Builder like that of Microsoft Access 2000 and at worst it's a shitty bespoke SaaS with an absurd syntax and less skill transferability than Scratch!
#NoCode #Buzzwords #BuzzwordDrivenDevelopment #BuzzwordBingo #TechBros #VC #UI #Enshittification #SkillTransfer
https://sursiendo.org/2024/07/cambiar-internet-desde-lo-sencillo-desde-lo-pequeno/
Cambiar Internet desde lo sencillo, desde lo pequeño | Sursiendo
Ante la toxicidad de las redes digitales hay otras formas que visibilizar, que practicar. Necesitamos apropiarnos de las tecnologías digitales y habitar…sursiendo (Sursiendo)
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> Crunchyroll will not support Funimation's digital copy content. Funimation provided digital copies as part of some home video DVD or Blu-ray Disc purchases.
RIP digital copies. If you want them, don’t buy digital unless you can download anything without DRM attached. Always get physical copies of what you want to own.
or sail the seven seas.
#enshittification #Funimation #crunchyroll
Funimation App Shuts Down on April 2 as Its Accounts Merge With Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll will not support Funimation digital copiesAnime News Network
Word of the day: #enshittification
References:
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/01/18/how-the-enshittification-of-social-media-is-decreasing-the-switching-costs-and-enabling-something-new/
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/01/24/how-the-friedman-doctrine-leads-to-the-enshittification-of-all-things/
https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys
How The Enshittification Of Social Media Is Decreasing The Switching Costs And Enabling Something New
In the last few weeks I’ve written about how Elon Musk’s “changes” to how Twitter is running have done an amazing job convincing people to join Mastodon. And I’ve also…Techdirt
Happy Enshittification Day! 💥
July 1, 2023: Reddit cuts off API access, Twitter requires login, Youtube may ban ad-blockers, Meta & Google block news in Canada...
A half-year since Cory Doctorow's seminal thesis on #enshittification, how corporate platforms die (https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys), and every corporate site seems hell bend on its own destruction.
Celebrate #EnshittificationDay by going to [instance address]/about, find the donations link, and make your contribution to open social media!