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Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):

evan@cosocial.ca ("Evan Prodromou") wrote:

One part of the enshittification process that @pluralistic leaves out of his equation is third-party developers. Developers are like the canaries in the enshittification coalmine.

They create a huge part of the value of a platform for both end users and businesses.

Platforms encourage this value creation in the ecosystem, and cherry-pick the best apps to either clone or acquire.

Then, they shiv developers with an API TOS change.