'Another internet is possible': Norway rails against 'enshittification' (opens in new tab)

(theguardian.com)

47 pointsvoxleone9d ago24 comments

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The original report is very well written [1], and has good actionable recommendations too (interoperability, portability, decentralization, creating new competition).

[1] https://storage02.forbrukerradet.no/media/2026/02/breaking-f...

metalman9d ago

very early internet adopter here. A whole generationof frogs got boiled,cooked, and eaten, but that was in a realy fancy new pot, filled from a glacial fed lake. Now there is fetid swamp, with rotting half eaten corpses of the first, frogs floating around, and the gobbring sounds of the elites trying to force the entire world population in there while touting the latest turdnological development.

pmdulaney9d ago

I much prefer your "turdnological" to "enshittification"! It doesn't take itself so seriously.

aurareturn9d ago

I don't get it. If they think a service has "enshittificated", then why not see it as a business opportunity to make a better service and steal their customers?

palata9d ago

That's exactly what "enshittification" [1] describes. I strongly recommend Doctorow's book "Enshittification: Why everything suddenly got worse and what to do about it" [2].

A shorter introduction would be his recent talk at 39C3: https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification

[2]: https://shop.craphound.com/

aurareturn9d ago

So if you think you can do better than the "enshittificated" business, just build one yourself. That's my point.

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anovikov9d ago

Think of it this way: no one banned phpBB. There are plenty of 1990s style forums around. But they are deserted - precisely because they are not addictive enough and their engagement is poor. Same happens to everything that tries to opt out of enshittification - it never picks up usage.

What happened to the guy who created an AI-powered free replacement for Bloomberg? No one heard of that thing since its launch. Because it is too boring. But everyone scrolls their eyes out of X full of ragebait and slop.

Bender9d ago

There are plenty of semi-private invite only or private phpBB forums that have walled off the bots, grifters, shills, trolls and AI. Many of us found that being too inclusive invited everything that facilitated the enshitification. I encourage people to create their own small community and keep it small. Quality of quantity of crap.

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pu_pe9d ago

The original report is very well written [1], and has good actionable recommendations too (interoperability, portability, decentralization, creating new competition).

[1] https://storage02.forbrukerradet.no/media/2026/02/breaking-f...

metalman9d ago

pmdulaney9d ago

I much prefer your "turdnological" to "enshittification"! It doesn't take itself so seriously.

aurareturn9d ago

I don't get it. If they think a service has "enshittificated", then why not see it as a business opportunity to make a better service and steal their customers?

palata9d ago

That's exactly what "enshittification" [1] describes. I strongly recommend Doctorow's book "Enshittification: Why everything suddenly got worse and what to do about it" [2].

A shorter introduction would be his recent talk at 39C3: https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification

[2]: https://shop.craphound.com/

aurareturn9d ago

So if you think you can do better than the "enshittificated" business, just build one yourself. That's my point.

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anovikov9d ago

Bender9d ago

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