Magnetic_dud@discuss.tchncs.de to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoBots ruined an once useful website with fake credentials that lead to nothingdiscuss.tchncs.deimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1164file-text
arrow-up1157imageBots ruined an once useful website with fake credentials that lead to nothingdiscuss.tchncs.deMagnetic_dud@discuss.tchncs.de to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKonala Koala@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down8·3 months agoSounds like its a case of Enshittification happening to that once useful website.
minus-squareMagnetic_dud@discuss.tchncs.deOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoenshittification happened to scribd, not bugmenot scribd used to offer free hosting for all pdf files, then when they hit critical user mass, they decided that only paid users can download the (mostly pirated) PDF files. Literally profiting from piracy while pretending it’s designed for business.
Sounds like its a case of Enshittification happening to that once useful website.
enshittification happened to scribd, not bugmenot
scribd used to offer free hosting for all pdf files, then when they hit critical user mass, they decided that only paid users can download the (mostly pirated) PDF files. Literally profiting from piracy while pretending it’s designed for business.