Synopsis

“Enshittification” is Doctorow’s word to describe the decay of online platforms, from exciting novelty to everyday essential, to what we have today. Like a surgeon, Doctorow sets out the symptoms, the diagnosis and the cure to these metastasizing platforms. We need to question the monopolies that dominate so much of our online lives, we must demand regulation and our privacy back, allow for interoperability, and win tech workers’ rights.