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==== Enshittification ====

My #1 reason for not liking Big Tech is enshittification. It's not secret that if it were so easy to self-host everything, someone would already have done it. But there's only so much a single person can do. Big Tech companies have massive infrastructure like data centers, thousands of employees, and multiple teams in order to host large projects. And even though I follow a lot of communities like degoogle, I myself rely on these tools because it's too convenient and when it comes to work and school I just need something that works, has best security, and allows collaboration.

My #1 reason for not liking Big Tech is enshittification. It's not secret that if it were so easy to self-host everything and build your own version of Google that doesn't use your own data to make money, someone would already have done it. But there's only so much a single person can do. Big Tech companies have massive infrastructure like data centers, thousands of employees, and multiple teams in order to host large projects. And even though I follow a lot of communities like degoogle, I myself rely on these tools because it's too convenient and when it comes to work and school I just need something that works, has best security, and allows collaboration.

[[File:No AI Sign.svg|No AI Sign|thumb|100x100px]]

However, I've known a trend lately with Big Tech which is enshittification. I don't like how things we used for years like cloud storage, hardware, and smart IoT devices is suddenly getting worse just for the sake of prompting people to buy the ~~next big thing~~. Good example is with iPhones and how Apple is notorious for slowing down older iPhones with software updates. I myself have experienced this issue. I remember my old iPhone 5 was running the latest iOS 10. One day, I decided to jailbreak it and downgrade to iOS 8 before Apple issued all these slow down updates, and it was so much incredibly faster it felt brand new! Even with software, there's just too many cases of AI (specifically LLMs) being embedded in every single service. Like do I really need a chatbot when talking with customer support smh.

However, I've known a trend lately with Big Tech which is enshittification. I don't like how things we used for years like cloud storage, hardware, and smart IoT devices is suddenly getting worse just for the sake of prompting people to buy the latest model or the flashiest new trend. Good example is with iPhones and how Apple is notorious for slowing down older iPhones with software updates. I myself have experienced this issue. I remember my old iPhone 5 was running the latest iOS 10. One day, I decided to jailbreak it and downgrade to iOS 8 before Apple issued all these slow down updates, and it was so much incredibly faster it felt brand new! Even with software, there's just too many cases of AI (specifically LLMs) being embedded in every single service. Like do I really need a chatbot when talking with customer support smh. Give me the simple thing that's been working for years and not something that ends up making the product more complex and harder to use just for appeasing stakeholders.

==== Freedom of Speech + Self-hosting ====

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 ==== Enshittification ====
-My #1 reason for not liking Big Tech is enshittification. It's not secret that if it were so easy to self-host everything, someone would already have done it. But there's only so much a single person can do. Big Tech companies have massive infrastructure like data centers, thousands of employees, and multiple teams in order to host large projects. And even though I follow a lot of communities like degoogle, I myself rely on these tools because it's too convenient and when it comes to work and school I just need something that works, has best security, and allows collaboration.
+My #1 reason for not liking Big Tech is enshittification. It's not secret that if it were so easy to self-host everything and build your own version of Google that doesn't use your own data to make money, someone would already have done it. But there's only so much a single person can do. Big Tech companies have massive infrastructure like data centers, thousands of employees, and multiple teams in order to host large projects. And even though I follow a lot of communities like degoogle, I myself rely on these tools because it's too convenient and when it comes to work and school I just need something that works, has best security, and allows collaboration.
 [[File:No AI Sign.svg|No AI Sign|thumb|100x100px]]
-However, I've known a trend lately with Big Tech which is enshittification. I don't like how things we used for years like cloud storage, hardware, and smart IoT devices is suddenly getting worse just for the sake of prompting people to buy the next big thing. Good example is with iPhones and how Apple is notorious for slowing down older iPhones with software updates. I myself have experienced this issue. I remember my old iPhone 5 was running the latest iOS 10. One day, I decided to jailbreak it and downgrade to iOS 8 before Apple issued all these slow down updates, and it was so much incredibly faster it felt brand new! Even with software, there's just too many cases of AI (specifically LLMs) being embedded in every single service. Like do I really need a chatbot when talking with customer support smh.
+However, I've known a trend lately with Big Tech which is enshittification. I don't like how things we used for years like cloud storage, hardware, and smart IoT devices is suddenly getting worse just for the sake of prompting people to buy the latest model or the flashiest new trend. Good example is with iPhones and how Apple is notorious for slowing down older iPhones with software updates. I myself have experienced this issue. I remember my old iPhone 5 was running the latest iOS 10. One day, I decided to jailbreak it and downgrade to iOS 8 before Apple issued all these slow down updates, and it was so much incredibly faster it felt brand new! Even with software, there's just too many cases of AI (specifically LLMs) being embedded in every single service. Like do I really need a chatbot when talking with customer support smh. Give me the simple thing that's been working for years and not something that ends up making the product more complex and harder to use just for appeasing stakeholders.
 ==== Freedom of Speech + Self-hosting ====

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