enshittification &mdash; julian https://wrily.foad.me.uk/tag:enshittification FOSS dev, self-hosting fan, Matrix, degoogling, small tech, indie tech, friendly tech for families and schools. Let's own our own identity & data. Thu, 23 Apr 2026 03:04:23 +0000 Big Tech: Privacy is Over-Rated https://wrily.foad.me.uk/big-tech-privacy-is-over-rated <![CDATA[Privacy is over-rated. It's not unimportant, but what I mean is privacy is an over-used trigger word, easy to mention, but it (the lack of it) is not one of the main harms of big tech. The main harms of big tech are more subtle, to do with opportunity cost, diverting the direction in which societal tools are built, towards capitalism investment value return, away from the shapes of technology that would be in society's best interests and values. Wish we had a word to express that. Oh, we do, thank you Cory Doctorow. Enshittification. --- #enshittification #bigTech !--more-- ---- Follow/Feedback/Contact: RSS feed · Fedi follow this blog: @julian&ZeroWidthSpace;@wrily.foad.me.uk · matrix me · Fedi follow me · email me · julian.foad.me.uk Donate: via Liberapay All posts &copy; Julian Foad and licensed CC-BY-ND except quotes, translations, or where stated otherwise ]]> Privacy is over-rated. It's not unimportant, but what I mean is privacy is an over-used trigger word, easy to mention, but it (the lack of it) is not one of the main harms of big tech. The main harms of big tech are more subtle, to do with opportunity cost, diverting the direction in which societal tools are built, towards capitalism investment value return, away from the shapes of technology that would be in society's best interests and values. Wish we had a word to express that. Oh, we do, thank you Cory Doctorow. Enshittification.

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