Cory Doctorow is clever, but nobody ever said he was smart. I remember being at a talk where he said the original point of Napster was to sell music and I did a double take. Like dude, you lived through this, how did you already forget?
He’s not completely wrong. The founders set it up as a company, so the aim was to make money somehow, and venturing into selling their services was likely the next logical move
Does this mean “shittification” and “enshittification” mean the same thing like “valuable” and “invaluable” mean the same thing?
Cory Doctorow is clever, but nobody ever said he was smart. I remember being at a talk where he said the original point of Napster was to sell music and I did a double take. Like dude, you lived through this, how did you already forget?
He’s not completely wrong. The founders set it up as a company, so the aim was to make money somehow, and venturing into selling their services was likely the next logical move