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Inside: The worst possible antitrust outcome; and more!
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: The worst possible antitrust outcome; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2025/09/03/unp…
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Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •The most enshittification-proof way to get the Enshittification audiobook, ebook and hardcover is to pre-order them on my Kickstarter! Help me do an end-run around the Amazon/Audible audiobook monopoly and disenshittify your audiobook experience in the process:
disenshittification.org
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Cory Doctorow
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The worst possible antitrust outcome: Hope you like enshittification.
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11514237…
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Cory Doctorow
2025-09-03 21:00:44
Cory Doctorow
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Hey look at this
* Apologies: You Have Reached the End of Your Free-Trial Period of America! theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…
* The Happiest Place on Earth ramblingreaders.org/book/44212…
* the brompton-ness of it all backofmind.substack.com/p/the-…
* I am a Private Citizen Seeking to Hold My Government Accountable. Dr. Vinay Prasad, a Government Doctor, Killed My YouTube Channel. sciencebasedmedicine.org/vinay… (h/t Boing Boing)
* Lawbreaking as a Method of Competition papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
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I am a Private Citizen Seeking to Hold My Government Accountable. Dr. Vinay Prasad, a Government Doctor, Killed My YouTube Channel. | Science-Based Medicine
Jonathan Howard (Science-Based Medicine)Cory Doctorow
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#20yrsago DVD Jon cracks Windows streaming video DRM theregister.com/2005/09/02/dvd…
#15yrsago German “secure” ID cards compromised on national TV, gov’t buries head in sand web.archive.org/web/2010082607…
#15yrsago Applying “ownership” to links, public domain material does more harm than good locusmag.com/2010/09/cory-doct…
#5yrago How to report on vote-by-mail pluralistic.net/2020/09/02/fre…
#5yrsago Amazon's weird, terrible Flex pluralistic.net/2020/09/02/fre…
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DVD Jon hacks Media Player file encryption
Gavin Clarke (The Register)Cory Doctorow
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#5yrsago Chevron's dirty tricks against environmental lawyer pluralistic.net/2020/09/02/fre…
#5yrsago Russia didn't hack Michigan pluralistic.net/2020/09/02/fre…
#5yrsago Amazon drivers hide phones in trees pluralistic.net/2020/09/02/fre…
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Pluralistic: 02 Sep 2020 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.netCory Doctorow
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Yesterday's threads: All (antitrust) politics are local; and more!
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11513545…
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Cory Doctorow
2025-09-02 15:39:26
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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Shop | Cory Doctorow's craphound.com
craphound.comCory 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…
* NYC: Enshittification at the Brooklyn Public Library, with Lina Khan, Oct 9
bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cory…
* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12
contraflowscifi.org/
* #Chicago: Enshittification with Anand Giridharadas (Chicago Humanities), Oct 15
oldtownschool.org/concerts/202…
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Kara Swisher and Cory Doctorow on “Enshittification” | 10/15/2025 | Old Town School of Folk Music
www.oldtownschool.orgCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #SanFrancisco: Enshittification at Public Works (The Booksmith), Oct 20
app.gopassage.com/events/docto…
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:
* Nerd Harder! (This Week in Tech)
twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tec…
* Techtonic with Mark Hurst
wfmu.org/playlists/shows/15565…
* Cory Doctorow DESTROYS Enshittification (QAA Podcast)
soundcloud.com/qanonanonymous/…
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Nerd Harder! | TWiT.TV
TWiT.tvCory Doctorow
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Pluralistic: The worst possible antitrust outcome (03 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.netCory Doctorow
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The most enshittification-proof way to get the Enshittification audiobook, ebook and hardcover is to pre-order them on my Kickstarter! Help me do an end-run around the Amazon/Audible audiobook monopoly and disenshittify your audiobook experience in the process:
disenshittification.org
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Richard
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