read up on "Enshittification"

[chadwhitacre]

Recommended by @selviano.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification
• https://doctorow.medium.com/social-quitting-1ce85b67b456
• https://locusmag.com/2023/01/commentary-cory-doctorow-social-quitting/
• https://doctorow.medium.com/googles-enshittification-memos-2d6d57306072
• https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-commentary/internet-future-about-to-get-weird-1234938403/
• Callsheet vs. IMDb

Take:

• Indie devs in 2024: “Your enshittification is my opportunity” (cf. "Your margin is my opportunity")
• Indie developers will leverage OSS/open communities, open protocols to fill in the gaps that - the entrenched (enshittified) incumbents have created
  • Twitter/X diaspora (mastodon, Bluesky)
  • Callsheet app for ios (indie version of IMDB)
  • https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-commentary/internet-future-about-to-get-weird-1234938403/

[chadwhitacre]

Thought experiment: Sentry goes public, founders retire, culture changes, product enshittifies. How does it play out with FSL? Say GitLab picks up w/ 2-yo product prior to downward spiral and forks.