Thought I’d listen to #JSBach #ChristmasOratorio found Nicholas Harnoncourt on the YouTube, and every few minutes the sublime is destroyed by Google AI ads. #Enshittification101

How come? Meta argues that if "social" means time spent checking in with friends and family, then very little of that now occurs on its platforms. Today, the company reports, only 7% of Instagram time and 17% of Facebook time involves consuming content from friends. The majority of time on both apps is spent watching short-form videos that are "unconnected" - not from friends or followed accounts - but recommended by AI-powered algorithms developed as a direct competitive response to TikTok's rise.

Was struck by this from #JohnNaughton in @theobserveruk.bsky.social #enshittification101
“Meta is not a #SocialMedia company”
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NSW community justice centres will be scrapped next year - it’s enshittification in action | Graeme Gibson The public mediation service where I work has been keeping the peace at no cost to participants for 40 years. But now it’s closing without inquiry or consultation

Just when you think there is not much else they can fuck up.
Here we go
#Enshittification101
#auspol
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