Dunno if this counts, but once upon a time loyalty cards were a thing - buy a product, get a stamp, and get a free product on your 10th stamp. Nowadays it’s all apps, and they all say they’ll provide data to third parties. Consequently I haven’t had a free coffee/bagel/beer or whatever since lockdown. Anyway, I’m off to yell at a cloud, ttfn
Anyway, I’m off to yell at a cloud, ttfn
Just a heads up, but that cloud is also collecting data for 8,008,135 partners (and 1 is totally of a legit interest)
This is a minor one, but I swear that the wraps in the Old El Paso fajita kits are getting smaller and smaller. Probably worth just buying normal wraps and getting the seasoning and salsa separately.
On the same note: taco bell in the UK.
When they first started out you’d get these large cheesy meaty beany burritos and fajitas so stuffed with ingredients that your mouth would salivate when just thinking of the name.
Now? Flatbread wrapped around some sparse ingredients, freshly microwaved… minimum order £15.
I’m a terrible/lazy cook, but even I could do better.
I must have missed the golden age. Taco Bell opened in my town in 2021, and I’ve only eaten in there a couple of times because it’s dire. Small, scraggly little wraps with barely any filling (and the filling they do have is bland and crap; they don’t seem to sell a single spicy item on the menu).
We’re not exactly overwhelmed with Mexican restaurants, but even if I wanted a taco I still wouldn’t bother.
That’s not enshitification?
Well I guess it’s shrink-flation but it arguably comes under the umbrella or enshitification.
it arguably comes under the umbrella or enshitification
How so?
“first, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, they die. I call this enshittification” – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification
This is just being mega pedantic for no reason, seems like everyone else is getting the gist of the thread just fine.
Christ I just saw that you’re OP. I’m confused; why did you use the word “enshittification” if you didn’t know what it meant?
LOL
Do product reviews count? At this point, even the idea of an authentic product review seems preposterous.
Edit: Is this more like an effect of enshitification?
Instagram’s AI moderation not allowing to send my comments when trying to warn others of a scam or trying to tell them to report scalpers.
