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Inside: Enshittification, the audiobook (the Kickstarter); and more!
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Enshittification, the audiobook (the Kickstarter); and more!
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Cory Doctorow
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Enshittification, the audiobook (the Kickstarter): A disenshittified audiobook about enshittification.
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Cory Doctorow
2025-08-25 14:34:26
Cory Doctorow
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Hey look at this
* A Different Kind of Tension jonathanlethem.com/
* Why the Internet is Turning to Shit currentaffairs.org/news/why-th…
* Did this Kid Use AI to Fake Research About How Great AI Is? skepchick.org/2025/08/did-this…
* Is it illegal to not buy ads on X? Experts explain the FTC’s bizarre ad fight. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
* Nomad Cycles: E-Bikes made with soul, not just to be sold! kickstarter.com/projects/nomad… (h/t Nathan)
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Is it illegal to not buy ads on X? Experts explain the FTC’s bizarre ad fight.
Ashley Belanger (Ars Technica)Cory Doctorow
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#20yrsago Court: DMCA can’t prohibit third-party repairs web.archive.org/web/2005091200…
#20yrsago Chinese government mandating 3-hour caps on MMO playing gamespot.com/articles/china-go…
#20yrsago ItPlaysQuake: reviews of Quake-ports on odd hardware web.archive.org/web/2005112205…
#20yrsago DRM != SSL memex.craphound.com/2005/08/24…
#20yrsago FBI stages fake wedding, invites mobsters, arrests gift-bearing guests latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-20…
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FBI Agents' 'Wedding' Is a Bust for Guests
Josh Meyer (Los Angeles Times)Cory Doctorow
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#20yrsago What the *&^%#!? is an “open source DRM?” web.archive.org/web/2005090307…
#20yrsago Why some “piracy” can increase overall revenues longtail.typepad.com/the_long_…
#15yrsago Play a digital version of a lost “perception-altering” Freemasonry board-game https:/www.dpoetry.com/fires/
#10yrsago The FBI kept files on author Ray Bradbury: “Definitely slanted against the United States” memex.craphound.com/2015/08/24…
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EFF: DeepLinks
web.archive.orgCory Doctorow
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#10yrsago Car information security is a complete wreck — here’s why memex.craphound.com/2015/08/23…
#5yrsago Quantifying the meritocratic delusion pluralistic.net/2020/08/23/vis…
#5yrsago Chinese sf guidelines pluralistic.net/2020/08/24/rai…
#5yrsago Don't use Bridgefy at protests pluralistic.net/2020/08/24/rai…
#5yrsago Concretizing "Main St vs Wall St" pluralistic.net/2020/08/24/rai…
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Car information security is a complete wreck — here’s why – Cory Doctorow's MEMEX
memex.craphound.comCory Doctorow
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Saturday's threads: Friction cannot be reduced, it can only be redistributed; and more!
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Cory Doctorow
2025-08-23 14:13:54
Cory Doctorow
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My latest novel is "Picks and Shovels," a historical technothriller set in the Weird Era of the PC, about Ponzi schemes, techbros, and the dawn of enshittification:
us.macmillan.com/books/9781250…
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My next nonfiction book is "Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It," out from MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux on October 7:
us.macmillan.com/books/9780374…
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Cory Doctorow
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My ebooks and audiobooks (from Tor Books, Head of Zeus, McSweeneys, Beacon, Verso and others) are for sale all over the net, but I sell 'em too, and when you buy 'em from me, I earn twice as much and you get books with no DRM and no license "agreements."
craphound.com/shop/
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Cory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances:
* #Ithaca: AD White keynote (Cornell), Sep 12
deanoffaculty.cornell.edu/even…
* #DC: Enshittification at Politics and Prose, with Rohit Chopra, Oct 8
politics-prose.com/cory-doctor…
* #SanFrancisco: Enshittification at Public Works (The Booksmith), Oct 20
app.gopassage.com/events/docto…
* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12
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* #Chicago: Enshittification with Kara Swisher (Chicago Humanities), Oct 15
oldtownschool.org/concerts/202…
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Booksmith presents: Cory Doctorow Enshittification
Passage - Your event. Your fans. Your mobile box office.Cory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #SanFrancisco: Enshittification at Public Works (The Booksmith), Oct 20
app.gopassage.com/events/docto…
* #Miami: Enshittification at Books & Books, Nov 5
eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-wi…
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Booksmith presents: Cory Doctorow Enshittification
Passage - Your event. Your fans. Your mobile box office.Cory Doctorow
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Recent appearances:
* Divesting from Amazon’s Audible and the Fight for Digital Rights (Libro.fm)
pocketcasts.com/podcasts/9349e…
* The Utopias Podcast
buzzsprout.com/2272465/episode…
* Tariffs vs IP Law (Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons)
youtube.com/watch?v=LFABFe-5-u…
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Cory Doctorow on Divesting from Amazon’s Audible and the Fight for Digital Rights
Pocket CastsCory Doctorow
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Picks and Shovels
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