Breaking Free.
In the new report Breaking Free: Pathways to a fair technological future, the Norwegian Consumer Council has delved into enshittification and how to resist it. The report shows how this phenomenon affects both consumers and society at large, but that it is possible to turn the tide. Together with more than 70 consumer groups and other actors in Europe and the US, we are sending letter to policymakers in the EU/EEA, UK and the US.
Yeah - if there was a villain, we could build companies without villains. But since entshittification seems to be endemic, you can’t trust anybody. That nice cool startup claiming to “don’t be evil”? Wait a few years, change out some people and it will totally be doing evil things.