#enshittification

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Professor Tim Wu and @pluralistic's talk in Oxford tonight was definitely interesting.

Coming from the hacker world and _not_ the academic world, it was a bit of a different vibe from other talks on this sort of topic that I've attended, but it was definitely interesting hearing from the other attendees.

In fact, as someone who's already very familiar with Cory and his work, it was almost _more_ interesting to talk to the academic folks about their experiences, perspectives, and thoughts on the talk.

Professor Tim Wu and Cory Doctorow on stage, the display behind them reads: Enshittification and Extraction: The Internet Sucks Now

@pluralistic urges Europe and Canada to stop catering to U.S. tech giants.

@PCMag reports on Cory Doctorow's "plan for a better internet: legalize jailbreaking, modding, and tinkering."

https://flip.it/c2Gyq_

The of I2C sensors is happening too. Bosch has been a frequent offender, but they're not the only ones. The sensor powers up with no internal firmware (an I2C paperweight). You have to load a proprietary binary blob into the sensor before it works. This blob is controlled under a restrictive license agreement. Luckily there is still some competition in this sector, but innovative/new parts try this trick.

cc @pluralistic