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Enshittification

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Hardcover, MCD × FSG, 2025
Releases 10/07/25
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Cory Doctorow

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Explaining the process of the “enshittification” of digital platforms over time and what to do about it.

Cory Doctorow's Enshittification takes a witty yet incisive look at the tech landscape, where platforms like TikTok, Facebook, and Google start off great—before they inevitably turn terrible. In this contemporary moment of digital decline, Doctorow explores how tech giants lure users in with convenience and then degrade their services over time, squeezing profit at the cost of user experience. With a mix of sharp humor and deep insight, he unveils the slow creep of "enshittification," turning the online world into a worse place, one algorithm at a time.

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  • "Enshittification explains the exploitation that changed the internet and our lives. Doctorow gave us the word to describe how these companies immiserate humanity on a planetary scale."

    Edward Snowden

  • "Remember when the internet was young and alive, vibrant and accessible and free? Cory Doctorow does, and he knows what’s gone wrong―and he sees a way forward. This is a magnificent book."

    James Gleick, author of Chaos and The Information

  • "Big Tech does not just plunder your data. It does not merely rob you of your privacy. It does something far, far worse. You know it. You feel it. But you won’t be able to put your finger on it until you have read Enshittification. Then you will know and, more important, you will

    stand a better chance of resisting.”

    Yanis Varoufakis, author of Technofeudalism

  • "The steady decline of the technology you use every day isn't just in your imagination―and in Enshittification, Cory Doctorow explains how we got here. Witty, incisive, and urgently relevant, this book reveals how we can reclaim our digital lives from the forces that have degraded them."

    Molly White, editor of Web3 Is Going Just Great and Citation Needed