Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and what we can do about it

Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and what we can do about it

  • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    34·
    2 months ago

    My favorite enshittified feature of Amazon is how, when I sort by low prices, most of the results completely disappear.

    • shalafi@lemmy.world
      12·
      2 months ago

      Been like that forever. At least eBay gives honest results.

      Another fucked up feature is how some products show price per unit, or mix units, or simply don’t say.

    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
      7·
      2 months ago
      1. The listings under Prime indicate overnight delivery until you actually check out or
      2. Overnight delivery is actually not a thing.
      3. Returns by Staples is a mess. If the cashier makes a mistake, they say you never returned the item. We are now having to take pictures of returns like we work for Amazon.