Man, Cory Doctorow is on fire on this one.

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Decoder: How Silicon Valley enshittified the internet, Oct 30, 2025

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… “And so, you know, one day Mark Zuckerberg arises from his sarcophagus and says, harken to me, brothers and sisters, I know I told you that the future was arguing with your most racist uncle using this text interface, but actually, I’m going to transform you and everyone you love into a legless, sexless, low-polygon, heavily surveilled cartoon character so I can imprison you in a virtual world I stole from a 25-year-old cyberpunk novel. I call it the metaverse, right? And that’s end stage enshittifcation, the giant pile of shit.”