veebee@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoCory Doctorow New Book: Enshitificationwww.kickstarter.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1204arrow-down19
arrow-up1195arrow-down1external-linkCory Doctorow New Book: Enshitificationwww.kickstarter.comveebee@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareunderline960@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up69·edit-26 months agoThe first half of the book is great. The second half has ads that take up more and more of the page until you reach a page that is just ads and a QR code. When you scan the code, it takes you to a website asking you to pay a subscription for the remaining pages. (If you rate five stars, they send a 10% discount code to your email and add you to a newsletter list without an unsubscribe button.)
minus-squarelefixxx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·6 months agoLoL I thought you were serious for a second
minus-squaremrmule@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-26 months agoIsn’t that the point though? The book enshittifies Or am I missing the ironic tone?
minus-squareckmnstr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·6 months agoDo you have any screenshots? And is it the retail version or is it some early version? Retail’s supposed to only come out in October.
minus-squareStupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·6 months agoIt’s a joke, mate.
The first half of the book is great.
The second half has ads that take up more and more of the page until you reach a page that is just ads and a QR code.
When you scan the code, it takes you to a website asking you to pay a subscription for the remaining pages.
(If you rate five stars, they send a 10% discount code to your email and add you to a newsletter list without an unsubscribe button.)
LoL I thought you were serious for a second
Isn’t that the point though? The book enshittifies
Or am I missing the ironic tone?
Do you have any screenshots? And is it the retail version or is it some early version? Retail’s supposed to only come out in October.
It’s a joke, mate.
Oh, woosh…
Whoosh