I’m not sure that’s really enshittification. It’s not so much a way to deteriorate the service to make money as it is an attempt to accommodate the habits of the viewers. I totally agree that we’re getting super bad content that’s only mildly entertaining if you’re doing 2-3 other things while watching, but that’s the demographic they believe they have.
It’s just a matter of what it is. The end product is still garbage, but to me enshittification is the process of making the platform worse by one way or another monetising the users, like adding ads and promoting content that while not in the interest of the users will retain them (such as ragebait on Faceboo). In this case they make the content worse because they believe it will attract customers.
I’m not sure that’s really enshittification. It’s not so much a way to deteriorate the service to make money as it is an attempt to accommodate the habits of the viewers. I totally agree that we’re getting super bad content that’s only mildly entertaining if you’re doing 2-3 other things while watching, but that’s the demographic they believe they have.
so… what difference does it make?
It’s just a matter of what it is. The end product is still garbage, but to me enshittification is the process of making the platform worse by one way or another monetising the users, like adding ads and promoting content that while not in the interest of the users will retain them (such as ragebait on Faceboo). In this case they make the content worse because they believe it will attract customers.