jballs@sh.itjust.works to AsklemmyEnglish · 2 months agoIs there a term similar to "shrinkflation" when food is made cheaper instead of smaller?message-squaremessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down10
arrow-up155arrow-down1message-squareIs there a term similar to "shrinkflation" when food is made cheaper instead of smaller?jballs@sh.itjust.works to AsklemmyEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squaredavelAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoOh… you mean cheaper as in shittier not less expensive. I don’t know of a name for it in general, but Cory Doctorow coined the term enshittification. Enshittification (alternately, crapification and platform decay) is a pattern in which online products and services decline in quality.
minus-squarejballs@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoHaha I originally planned on writing “shittier” in the title, but then read it as “shit tier” and backed it out.
minus-squarejballs@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoEnshitification is what I thought at first, but I’ve only seen that for tech. The wiki starts with “a pattern in which online products and services decline in quality”, so it didn’t seem quite right.
Oh… you mean cheaper as in shittier not less expensive.
I don’t know of a name for it in general, but Cory Doctorow coined the term enshittification.
Haha I originally planned on writing “shittier” in the title, but then read it as “shit tier” and backed it out.
Enshitification is what I thought at first, but I’ve only seen that for tech. The wiki starts with “a pattern in which online products and services decline in quality”, so it didn’t seem quite right.