That's not how enshittification, vendor lock in, and network effects work. You're participating in the collective delusion that we have perfect market competition.

explain the dynamics of how enshittification would work here?

You won't get good answers asking to be spoonfed on a random discussion forum by strangers. If you're truly curious, look it up, maybe read a book by Cory Doctorow.

he's a charlatan

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You seem very confident for someone who just asked about enshittification basics. You're being dishonest.

you think i was asking you about the basics but i was asking about how the dynamics would work in this context - which you couldn't so you resorted to some insults.

People stay on the shitty platform because it is convenient and still does what they need.

See extreme-enshitification-of-already-shitty Windows vs free Linux.

free linux is a way worse product

Linux is becomming enshitified, at least the big distros. Snaps, some would argue systemd, wayland, etc. Continually requiring more and more resources just to install and run.