This is Sarah Jeong, features editor at The Verge. I’m standing in for Nilay for one final Thursday episode here as he settles back into full-time hosting duties. Today, we’ve got a fun one. I’m talking to Cory Doctorow, prolific author, internet activist, and arguably one of the fiercest tech critics writing today.

He has a new book out called Enshittifcation: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It. So I sat down with Cory to discuss what enshittification is, why it’s happening, and how we might fight it. 

Links: 


Enshittification | Macmillan


Why every website you used to love is getting worse | Vox


The age of Enshittification | The New Yorker


Yes, everything online sucks now — but it doesn’t have to | Ars Technica


The enshittification of garage-door openers reveals vast, deadly rot | Cory Doctorow


Mark Zuckerberg emails outline plan to neutralize competitors | The Verge


Google gets to keep Chrome, judge rules in antitrust case | The Verge


How Amazon wins: by steamrolling rivals and partners | WSJ


A new web DRM standard has security researchers worried | The Verge


Netflix, Microsoft & Google just changed how the web works | The Outline



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