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minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours ago“The tighter your grasp, the more systems will slip through your fingers.” Right now crypto is pretty much only for libertarians and money laundering. Video piracy is pretty much only for people who can’t stand a little bit of ads. Porn sites just ask if you’re over 18 and then show you whatever you want. Increasing the barrier to exit allows these services to enshittify further, but also gives normal people an actual reason to switch.
“The tighter your grasp, the more systems will slip through your fingers.”
Right now crypto is pretty much only for libertarians and money laundering.
Video piracy is pretty much only for people who can’t stand a little bit of ads.
Porn sites just ask if you’re over 18 and then show you whatever you want.
Increasing the barrier to exit allows these services to enshittify further, but also gives normal people an actual reason to switch.