Sun, 06 Aug 2023 23:57:40 +0000
enshittification, journalism

Public library book-lending is heading down an anti-public path. A company owned by financial manipulators has an effective monopoly over e-book lending -- and, of course, abuses that dominance in a great example of @pluralistic's #enshittification process..

https://karawynn.substack.com/p/the-coming-enshittification-of-public-libraries

Big Journalism, which you'd hope would care about such things -- is more interested in shiny political objects than the relentless destruction of a crucial public resource.

#journalism