About the Book: Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What To
Do About
Longlisted for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year 2025
Misogyny, conspiratorialism, surveillance, manipulation, fraud, and AI slop are
drowning the internet. For the monopolists who dominate online - X, TikTok,
Amazon, Meta, Apple - this is all part of the playbook. The process is what
leading tech critic Cory Doctorow has dubbed enshittification. First, the
platform attracts users with some bait, such as free access; then the activity
is monetized, bringing in the business customers and degrading the user
experience; then, once everyone is trapped and competitors