Episode

Enshit*ification

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Citation Needed
Published
Mar 11, 2026
Duration seconds
3694
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Summary

Enshit*ification , also known as crapification and platform decay , is a process in which two-sided online products and services decline in quality over time. Initially, vendors create high-quality offerings to attract users, then they degrade those offerings to better serve business customers, and finally degrade their services to both users and business customers to maximize short-term profits for shareholders .