A lot of tech companies grew unreasonably fast during the COVID lockdowns, and assumed their new traffic patterns were permanent. Couple that with a general global recession, and you’ve got companies that overextended themselves, desperate to make some money back before people realize the emperor has no clothes
Big web corps are a wild ride lately
Enshitification is in full force
Yeah what is it with 2023 and enshittification? This has been such a bad year in general
I’m guessing venture capitalists trying to reel in some profits after racing to outspend each other. I expect many services to implode.
A lot of tech companies grew unreasonably fast during the COVID lockdowns, and assumed their new traffic patterns were permanent. Couple that with a general global recession, and you’ve got companies that overextended themselves, desperate to make some money back before people realize the emperor has no clothes
That would make sense
I am here for it if the result is less ads and platforms in the hands of users and volunteers.