Latest posts tagged with #RotEconomy on Bluesky
Twitter wound up creating basically the same #RotEconomy that makes the Techbros tick. They only care about making the stock price go up, no matter what. It's striking just how similar that is to clout chasing on social media, because stock prices are driven more by perception than actual results.
The #RotEconomy has thoroughly devoured Micro$oft. I used to think that they would end up as a big, boring, but profitable company like IBM or SAP, but now it looks like they want to speedrun going down in flames powered by AI shite.
Christopher Hitchens believed religion ruins everything. #AI is jealous, it would seem. Here's the latest example of what @edzitron.com calls the #RotEconomy:
#Amazon #CustomerService
Come see Cory Doctorow and @edzitron.com talk about #Enshittification and the #RotEconomy with @clarionwest.bsky.social on Oct. 22nd! In person in Seattle or free online. secure.clarionwest.org/np/clients/c...
#authortalk #scifi #seattlelibrary
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“The updated subscription pricing reflects the significant added AI value…”
We all know this is bullshit, but they’re so desperate for it to be true, that they sent this email multiple times, including a little after midnight on the day it takes effect.
#RotEconomy #BetterOffline #AISlop
Yet another reason for me to avoid streaming services... 🤮
Call me old-fashioned, but I like to own my music. That way it can't just disappear one day. The artist gets more money. And I don't have to listen to intrusive ads.
#AIslop #roteconomy #AItrash #streaming #Spotify
Listening to Better Offline: The Era of the Business Idiot - Part 3.
Ed Zitron has been on good form this week. All three episodes in the Business Idiot series dropped this week.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/better-offlin...
#Podcast #Technology #RotEconomy #AI
I'm running out of bullseyes to award Ed
#aifraud #techrot #roteconomy
I know you're attached to that #Duolingo streak, but the owl has gone to the dark side. Just say "no" to AI.
#justsayno #ai #roteconomy @duolingoverde.bsky.social #labor @engadget.bsky.social
www.engadget.com/ai/duolingo-...
The hype-economy (or #roteconomy) and its believers/promoters/leaders may be about to amplify the crash to come / already underway.
There isn't much there there, but they are zealots of potential (unfounded), spoiled by their privilege and the luck it affords them.
prospect.org/power/2025-0...
Did you hear about Cory Doctorow's posit on the #Enshitification of internet/tech? He talks of ways to combat it. Another term is The #RotEconomy from Ed Zitron
The key question is simple:
What to do now?
#roteconomy #brainrot #enshittification #rot
Personally, I don’t see much reason to respect anyone in Big Business or neoliberal politics.
I specifically say that people like David Zaslav or Bill Gates should be called fascists. Any CEO paying fealty to Trump is a fascist. Any CEO reducing the quality of life via the #RotEconomy is a fascist.
OH "DoorDash and Klarna have signed a deal where customers can choose to pay for food deliveries in interest-free installments or deferred options aligned with payday schedules."
#rotEconomy
Remember when they kept saying AI was going to do the boring stuff so you had time for creative activities?
Funny how all the conpanies pursue are models that do the "fun" stuff and there is still no AI tool to do my ironing.
#rotEconomy
@edzitron.com WAS RIGHT... about DC metal and the batman who laughs!
(also the AI and rot economy stuff)
But yeah the batman who laughs is garbage
#betteroffline #roteconomy #dc #comicbooks #dcmetal #edzitron #AIsucks #barman #thebatmanwholaughs
Meanwhile my 2011 mac mini still runs perfectly. Slow, but none of the software that hasn’t been updated in 8 years is buggy. It’s either on purpose or the skill level of devs dropped hard. I bet it’s the former. #roteconomy
Everytime you open Facebook, there's some kind of tabloid style fake news page on top of the feed. You don't follow this page and it's not even an ad. So you block it and yet there's a new identical one everytime you reload. Facebook slop is even worse than imagined! #roteconomy @edzitron.com
I'm fortunate to work with some really inspiring and fast-learning undergrads, but this is still depressing. It's not the students' fault. #roteconomy
This video captured many of the feelings I've been having lately, and the note about "context collapse" was a lightbulb. #roteconomy
Bluesky is such a nothing platform. It's the Weimar era of future enshittification. I'll keep syndicating for a while, but I can't fathom what it adds to a person's life. #Bluesky #socialmediasucks #corporatepabalum #enshittification #roteconomy
In my blog
Everyone now sees the rot economy—and we're beginning to understand what's behind it
jackyan.com/blog/2025/02/everyone-no... #enshittification #RotEconomy #BigTech #technodeterminism
Neon pink text "What We're Fighting For" on duotone pink blue flower on dark blue background with hands typing on laptop, two laptops & hands with mobile phone.
💻 What We're Fighting For
by Ed Zitron @edzitron.com
#RotEconomy #DeterioratingProducts
www.wheresyoured.at/what-were-fi...
I realize I'm shouting into the void here, but the enshittification continues unperturbed.
Disney+'s updated Terms & Conditions includes this.
Call me naive, but shouldn't they change the name of the plan to "mostly ad-free" or just "fuck you, consumer!"?
#enshittification #roteconomy
Big title "Deep Impact" accompanied by small text "Edward Zitron" with illustration of Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "The Emperor's New Clothes" at the Adelphi Theatre, 54th Street, east of 7th Ave by Charlotte Chorpenning featuring an emperor with underwear surrounded by two men, one kneeling on the floor with sewing thread and the other woth scissors and mirror in hand reflecting the face of the Emperor.
💰 Deep Impact
by Edward Zitron @edzitron.com
In the last week or so, but especially over the weekend, the entire generative AI industry has been thrown into chaos.
#AI #RotEconomy #China #DeepSeek
www.wheresyoured.at/deep-impact/
