There’s an article going around but it’s mostly useless because it’s insufficiently naming specific examples.

YouTube = unskipable ads YouTube = ads longer than the content YouTube = ads during pause YouTube = constantly decreasing revenue share with creators despite more ads

  • concrete_baby@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    15·
    1 day ago
    • Google Image Search removing the ability to go directly to the raw image after Getty complained that web users are bypassing its website and therefore not generating traffic
    • Facebook removing chronological feed
    • Facebook showing you pages that you never followed on your home feed without the ability to turn this off
    • Microsoft trying to introduce ads to Explorer and the start menu
    • Microsoft making it difficult to create a local Windows account by making the process unintuitive, leading the user to believe that a Microsoft account is needed to use Windows
    • Apple dropping support for iOS web apps because it doesn’t want to support browsers other than Safari
    • Reddit and Twitter’s ban of third-party API use that killed nearly all third-party clients
    • EA producing games that require users to be always online, despite the game being single-player, presumably as a DRM measure
    • Ad companies making it easy for you to give consent to data sharing and selling but really difficult for you to opt-out

    Edit: More examples

    • Phoenixz1@lemmy.world
      7·
      1 day ago
      • Google Chrome phasing out ad-blocker support (Manifest V2) under the guise of “improving security,” forcing users to endure more ads.
      • YouTube removing the “Dislike” count on videos, reducing transparency about content quality and user sentiment.
      • Google Search prioritizing SEO-spam sites and paid ads over relevant organic results, making it harder to find genuine information.
      • HP and Epson using DRM in printers to block third-party ink cartridges, forcing users to buy overpriced proprietary ink.
      • Instagram deprioritizing photo posts in favor of Reels, flooding feeds with algorithmically pushed content instead of updates from followed accounts.
      • LinkedIn enabling spammy “growth hacks” (e.g., vague AI-generated posts, connection request floods) that clutter users’ feeds and messages.
      • Nintendo shutting down online servers for older consoles (e.g., Wii U, 3DS), rendering purchased games partially or fully unusable.
      • Netflix aggressively cracking down on password sharing while raising subscription prices, forcing users to pay extra for previously permitted account sharing.
      • Adobe eliminating one-time purchases for Creative Cloud software, locking users into costly subscriptions indefinitely.
      • Apple throttling performance of older iPhones via iOS updates (initially without transparency), seen as coercing upgrades.
      • Apple removing the headphone jack from iPhones, pushing users to buy expensive AirPods or dongles.
      • FauxPseudo @lemmy.worldOP
        3·
        20 hours ago

        I’m with you on this. If Google didn’t change it then they were risking lawsuits. Big difference between milking customers for more with less vs caving to avoid lose.

      • EtnaAtsume
        11·
        13 hours ago

        I’d also agree that it’s not unreasonable for Nintendo to shutter the online features of the 3DS and the Wii U. Time marches on.