{"product_id":"enshittification-why-everything-suddenly-got-worse-and-what-to-do-about-it-9781836743750","title":"Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What To Do About It","description":"\u003cp\u003eLife online is getting worse and worse? Leading tech critic, Cory Doctrow, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Internet Con\u003c\/i\u003e, has the answer, and also wants to show how we can win it back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*** Longlist for the FT and Schroder Business Book of the Year 2025 ***\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e** Named word of the year in US, UK and Australia **\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*'Enshittification' will be the most talked about tech book of the year.*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Enshittification\" is Doctorow's word to describe the decay of online platforms. It captures the feeling of a world that is ever worsening.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnshittification is not a technical glitch. It is a technique that every platform - from X to TikTok, Amazon to Apple, has adopted. First they lure users onto their platforms, then attract businesses who might profit from this newly formed public, and then finally squeeze both for their own profit. Tech giants lure users in with convenience and then degrade their services over time, draining profit at the cost of user experience. In the meantime our public squares have turned somewhere between the mall and a dumpster fire, that is unfit to deal with the problems of our times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is to be done? Like a surgeon, Doctorow sets out the symptoms, the diagnosis and the cure to these metastasizing platforms. We need to question the monopolies that dominate so much of our online lives, we must demand regulation and our privacy back, allow for interoperability, and win tech workers' rights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781836743750\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Verso Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 19.8(H)x12.9(L)x2.4(W)305\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 305\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eCory Doctorow is a science fiction author, activist and journalist. He is the author of many books, most recently THE INTERNET CON, CHOKEHOLD CAPITALISM, and \u003ci\u003eHOW TO DESTROY SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM\u003c\/i\u003e, nonfiction about monopoly and conspiracy; \u003ci\u003eIN REAL LIFE\u003c\/i\u003e, a graphic novel; and the picture book \u003ci\u003ePOESY THE MONSTER SLAYER\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the author of numerous novels and YA titles, most recently  In 2020, he was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. He works for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, is a MIT Media Lab Research Affiliate, is a Visiting Professor of Computer Science at Open University, a Visiting Professor of Practice at the University of North Carolina’s School of Library and Information Science and co-founded the UK Open Rights Group.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003eYou could not ask for a clearer, more ambitious or better-written business book than this one. * The Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnshittification \u003c\/i\u003eexplains the exploitation that changed the internet and our lives. Doctorow gave us the word to describe how these companies immiserate humanity on a planetary scale * Edward Snowden *\u003cbr\u003eBig Tech does not just plunder your data. It does not merely rob you of your privacy. It does something far, far worse than that. You know it. You feel it. But you won't be able to put your finger on it until you have read Cory Doctorow's \u003ci\u003eEnshittification\u003c\/i\u003e. Once you do, you will know and, more importantly, you will stand a better chance of resisting * Yanis Varoufakis, author of Technofeudalism *\u003cbr\u003eA pointed and efficient text, driven by Doctorow’s snarky prose * Kyle Chayka, New Yorker *","brand":"Cory Doctorow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49279545802969,"sku":"9781836743750","price":26.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9781836743750.jpg?v=1789818684","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/enshittification-why-everything-suddenly-got-worse-and-what-to-do-about-it-9781836743750","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}