Disenshittify or Die! How Hackers Can Seize the Means of Computation
Cory Doctorow's rallying cry for hackers to use interoperability, reverse engineering, and policy to dismantle corporate tech monopolies.
Summary
The Economics of Internet Enshittification
The enshittification of the internet wasn't inevitable. The old, good internet gave way to the enshitternet because we let our bosses enshittify it. We took away the constraints of competition, regulation, interop and tech worker power, and so when our bosses yanked on the big enshittification lever in the c-suite, it started to budge further and further, toward total enshittification. A new, good internet is possible - and necessary - and it needs you.
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