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Why the internet sucks (and keeps getting worse)

Why the internet sucks (and keeps getting worse)

It's Been a Minute vor 11 Monaten

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Do you ever feel like the internet just doesn't work as well as it
used to?

Or maybe you wish you could go back to the old internet?
Where your search queries actually served you what you wanted, and
your feeds weren't overrun by ads? Well, it's not just you -
the internet IS getting worse, and platforms are getting harder to
leave. But how did we get here? Journalist and tech activist Cory
Doctorow joins Brittany to lay out why in his new book,
Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do
About It.

Follow Brittany Luse on Instagram: @bmluse

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