Can't speak for GP but I got the feeling that after Apple embarrassed itself shipping almost none of the Apple Intelligence features announced at WWDC 2024, they scrambled to get something drastic out the door to show they're still "innovating" and "doing big things"
I assume the subtext is something like: "Customers are being abused to create the short-term illusion of improvement, to satisfy myopic investors in the financial markets and the personal compensation incentives of executives."
Shareholders want to maximize stock price, therefore they choose psychopathic CEOs willing to do literally anything to achieve that. People who view reputation and goodwill as just capital to be spent. Giving out free service to get people hooked then turning the screws on them is a proven strategy.
None of the siblings got it right. By 'shareholder-enforced enshittification' I meant when shareholders (or, generally, anyone from the top) enforce a direction that doesn't align with what's natural of the foundation. So the system ends up being stretched to afford it, corners get cut / shortcuts get taken, and then that becomes the final shipping version.
Can't speak for GP but I got the feeling that after Apple embarrassed itself shipping almost none of the Apple Intelligence features announced at WWDC 2024, they scrambled to get something drastic out the door to show they're still "innovating" and "doing big things"
I assume the subtext is something like: "Customers are being abused to create the short-term illusion of improvement, to satisfy myopic investors in the financial markets and the personal compensation incentives of executives."
Shareholders want to maximize stock price, therefore they choose psychopathic CEOs willing to do literally anything to achieve that. People who view reputation and goodwill as just capital to be spent. Giving out free service to get people hooked then turning the screws on them is a proven strategy.
None of the siblings got it right. By 'shareholder-enforced enshittification' I meant when shareholders (or, generally, anyone from the top) enforce a direction that doesn't align with what's natural of the foundation. So the system ends up being stretched to afford it, corners get cut / shortcuts get taken, and then that becomes the final shipping version.