Why does the INTERNET suck so bad now? | Cory Doctorow, author of ENSHITIFICATION, has a few ideas

We all know it - the internet has become a huge garbage heap, guided by malignant algorithms and filled with useless apps, mind numbing social media and AI slop. In a word - it sucks. But how did we get here? And how can we restore the better internet of old? Cory Doctorow, author of the groundbreaking book ENSHITIFICATION: Why Everything Was Built to Break, has a couple of ideas. Support Smart Cookies on PATREON!!!   / the_smart_cookies_pod   Cory Doctorow on X: https://x.com/doctorow Cory's book: https://www.amazon.com/Enshittificati... Follow Smart Cookies on X:   / smartcookiespod   Smart Cookies on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/smartcookies... Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:14 Why does the internet suck now? 10:58 Three stage of Enshitification 18:17 AI and Uber's horrific wage discrimination 24:38 The AI bubble 26:15 Why do we have to download a million apps to do anything? 28:55 Tech bros and Donald Trump 34:33 Anti-big tech activity around the world 43:16 The last stage of Enshitification 49:16 Are we living in the age of technofeudalism? 54:08 Can we get a new, better internet?