If enshittification can be avoided, why aren't we seeing a wave of no dark patterns software crushing it?
Enshittification is mostly just the process of not running on VC Capital and generating sustainable revenue sources.
Enshittification is mostly just the process of not running on VC Capital and generating sustainable revenue sources.
VC capital is useful for speed & innovation, but most of the time leads to bloat & rent-seeking. Does DocuSign need 7,000 employees? My journey of bootstrapped entrepreneurship has been much more sustainable and respectful to my users.
IBM, Microsoft, Apple, Google, Facebook. They were all the cool underdogs for a decade, then slowly decline in quality.