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Enshittification

Cory Doctorow's term for platforms getting worse to extract more value — applied to models that degrade after cost or safety cuts, or products that bait-and-switch free tiers.

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In AI it shows up as silent quality regressions, higher refusal rates, or usage caps that were not in the launch blog post. Users notice when the same prompt gets a worse answer six months later. Distinguishing enshittification from a real safety fix takes evals, not vibes.

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