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Their wordsIn an era of slop (both AI and human) the only true currency is legitimacy. When we don’t know what’s real; when we’re flooded with too much information to process—that’s we rely on source we trust, someone who’s done the research and hasn’t let us down before.
Their wordsLike many of the companies Cory Doctorow indicts for Enshittification, platforms often reduce churn by holding customers hostage rather than making them happy.
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