Dear dev.to, Enshittification is contagious
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Dear dev.to, Enshittification is contagious

Publish Date: Oct 28 '24
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Dear dev.to,

What is this enshittification.


Annoying banner screenshot


What kind of human would interact with such a text and believe that when they press okay, they would be asked to create an account rather than dismissing the obscenely large popup. There is also no quick other alternative, the close button is hidden in a corner.

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With all due respect, don't ruin your website.

I know we live in a world where we have to pump those metrics, but I had a higher expectation from you.

A dear reader,
On a throwaway. (At least your metrics got pumped!)

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