along_the_road@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 6 days agoAds and tracking infiltrated TVs. Now they're coming for monitors.arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up185arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up185arrow-down1external-linkAds and tracking infiltrated TVs. Now they're coming for monitors.arstechnica.comalong_the_road@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 6 days agomessage-square21linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squaret3rmit3@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up28·6 days agoStage 1: You pay for it, it is the product Stage 2: It is free, you are the product (enshittification) Stage 3: You pay for it, you are the product (late-stage enshittification)
minus-squarermuk@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·6 days agoCEO: …and some people think that’s where it ends, but I’d like to show you something we’ve been working on for a while that our shareholders are super excited for and we think you’ll come to tolerate, too. Introducing… Stage 4.
minus-squarealmost1337@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 days agoStage 4: you pay to be the product directly; no profit-eating goods involved
minus-squareHarkMahlberg@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 days agoStage 5: We pipe money directly out of your savings account for nothing. Thanks for doing business with us!
Stage 1: You pay for it, it is the product
Stage 2: It is free, you are the product (enshittification)
Stage 3: You pay for it, you are the product (late-stage enshittification)
CEO: …and some people think that’s where it ends, but I’d like to show you something we’ve been working on for a while that our shareholders are super excited for and we think you’ll come to tolerate, too. Introducing… Stage 4.
Stage 4: you pay to be the product directly; no profit-eating goods involved
Stage 5: We pipe money directly out of your savings account for nothing. Thanks for doing business with us!