On why I am not a fan of the word “enshittification”

TLDR: This is not an impassionate rant. I’m simply not fond of vulgarity and I think that we could have come up with any other neologism to describe the phenomenon that acquired this unfortunate name. You may get more out of this essay if you skim the Wikipedia article on the term. As of today, the definition reads: “Initially, vendors create high-quality offerings to attract users. Over time,…