Enshittification
Was StallmanWasRight just an early term for the (sub-) phenomenon of the enshittification / platform decay?
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Was StallmanWasRight just an early term for the (sub-) phenomenon of the enshittification / platform decay?
no
they are related, but they deserve separate namespaces.
I believe the whole movement started when RMS got a new printer and the firmware was locked down. A feature he liked was taken away, and the manufacturer took control.
Fast forward a few decades and you'll realise this laid the foundation for the deluge of printer enshittificarion that followed.