GolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoNot your imagination: from backpacks to food, consumer goods are getting worsewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square75linkfedilinkarrow-up1505arrow-down17file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1498arrow-down1external-linkNot your imagination: from backpacks to food, consumer goods are getting worsewww.theguardian.comGolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square75linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squarenilloc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·5 days agoRemember when it was called planned obsolescence? Pepperidge farm does.
minus-squareBenLeMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 days agoBut it’s more than that. Planned obsolescence is only a part of the problem.
minus-squaremecen@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down7·4 days agoEnshittification refers to internet sites, services
minus-squareFlyingCircus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 days agoWhy can’t it also refer to physical goods and services that deteriorate due to profit-seeking?
minus-squaremecen@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoBecause there are more accurate names like: Planned obsolescence Shrinkflation And probably more
minus-squareDelilah@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 hours agoWhat term applies to lower initial quality, smaller sizes for more money and a design that fails early all the the same time. It’s been made shitty, therefore it has been enshitified.
Remember when it was called planned obsolescence? Pepperidge farm does.
But it’s more than that. Planned obsolescence is only a part of the problem.
Enshittification refers to internet sites, services
Why can’t it also refer to physical goods and services that deteriorate due to profit-seeking?
Because there are more accurate names like:
Planned obsolescence
Shrinkflation
And probably more
What term applies to lower initial quality, smaller sizes for more money and a design that fails early all the the same time.
It’s been made shitty, therefore it has been enshitified.
It can and it does.