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Inside: A disenshittification moment from the land of mass storage; and more!
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: A disenshittification moment from the land of mass storage; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2025/10/10/syn…
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Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •I'm on a tour with my new book *Enshittification*!
Catch me next in #NewOrleans, #Chicago, and #LosAngeles!
Full schedule with dates and links at:
pluralistic.net/tour
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Pluralistic: Announcing the Enshittification tour (30 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.netTroed Sångberg
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •wen Copenhagen?
You were there at a Reboot unconference waaaaay back, right?
Cory Doctorow
in reply to Troed Sångberg • • •Cory Doctorow
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A disenshittification moment from the land of mass storage: Score one for the good guys.
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11534978…
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Cory Doctorow
2025-10-10 12:07:40
Cory Doctorow
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Hey look at this
* Something extraordinary just happened billmckibben.substack.com/p/so…
* A deep dive into the rss feed reader landscape lighthouseapp.io/blog/feed-rea… (h/t Hacker News)
* Desert and Capitalism Again mattbruenig.com/2025/10/03/des… (h/t Naked Capitalism)
* The distance of leverage robinsloan.com/lab/distance-of…
* California Lets Residents Opt-Out of a Ton of Data Collection on the Web gizmodo.com/california-lets-re…
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California Lets Residents Opt-Out of a Ton of Data Collection on the Web
Lucas Ropek (Gizmodo)Cory Doctorow
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#15yrsago Leaked (final?) TPP Intellectual Property chapter spells doom for free speech online theguardian.com/business/2015/…
#15yrsago Douglas Coupland’s depressing next ten years web.archive.org/web/2010101219…
#10yrsago Canadian Tories funneled $8M in publicc money to US Republican Party’s NGO web.archive.org/web/2015101022…
#10yrsago How a billionaire GOP rainmaker tried (and failed) to rewrite history by suing Mother Jones motherjones.com/media/2015/10/…
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Wikileaks release of TPP deal text stokes 'freedom of expression' fears
Sam Thielman (The Guardian)Cory Doctorow
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#10yrsago Volkswagen CEO: Dieselgate caused by Lynndie England “rogue engineers”; execs blameless arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
#10yrsago Unicorn poop and squatty potties: the greatest viral ad in Internet history memex.craphound.com/2015/10/09…
#5yrsago Machine Democrats pluralistic.net/2020/10/09/bos…
#5yrsago MK-Ultra and the brainwashing grift pluralistic.net/2020/10/09/bos…
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VW says rogue engineers, not executives, responsible for emissions scandal
David Kravets (Ars Technica)Cory Doctorow
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Yesterday's threads: California bans algorithmic price-fixing; and more!
mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11534401…
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Cory Doctorow
2025-10-09 11:40:11
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 latest nonfiction book is "Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It," from MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux:
us.macmillan.com/books/9780374…
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Book details - Macmillan Publishers
MacmillanCory Doctorow
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My ebooks and audiobooks (from FSGxMCD, 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:
* #NewOrleans: DeepSouthCon63, Oct 10-12
contraflowscifi.org/
* #NewOrleans: Enshittification at Octavia Books, Oct 12
octaviabooks.com/event/enshitt…
* #Chicago: How Platforms Die with Rick Perlstein (University Club), Oct 14
eventbrite.com/e/how-platforms…
* #LosAngeles: Enshittification with David Dayen (Diesel), Oct 16
dieselbookstore.com/event/2025…
* #Calgary: Literary Death Match (Calgary Wordfest), Oct 17
wordfest.com/2025/imaginarium/…
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How Platforms Die with Cory Doctorow
EventbriteCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #Calgary: Big Tech’s Betrayal—and How to Break Free! (Calgary Wordfest), Oct 18
wordfest.com/2025/imaginarium/…
* #SanFrancisco: Enshittification at Public Works with Jenny Odell (The Booksmith), Oct 20
app.gopassage.com/events/docto…
* #PDX: Enshittification at Powell's, Oct 21
powells.com/events/cory-doctor…
* #Seattle: Enshittification and the Rot Economy, with Ed Zitron (Clarion West), Oct 22
clarionwest.org/event/2025-dee…
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Enshittification and the Rot Economy: A Deep Dives Conversation with Cory Doctorow and Ed Zitron
Marnee Chua (Clarion West)Cory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #Vancouver: Enshittification with David Moscrop (Vancouver Writers Festival), Oct 23
showpass.com/2025-festival-39/
* #Montreal: Montreal Attention Forum keynote, Oct 24
attentionconferences.com/confe…
* #Montreal: Enshittification at Librarie Drawn and Quarterly, Oct 24
mtl.drawnandquarterly.com/even…
* #Ottawa: Enshittification (Ottawa Writers Festival), Oct 25
writersfestival.org/events/fal…
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39. Cory Doctorow: Enshittification - Granville Island Stage - Vancouver - Oct 23, 2025
ShowpassCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #Toronto: Enshittification with Dan Werb (Type Books), Oct 27
instagram.com/p/DO81_1VDngu/?i…
* #Barcelona: Conferencia EUROPEA 4D (Virtual), Oct 28
4d.cat/es/conferencia/
* #Miami: Enshittification at Books & Books, Nov 5
eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-wi…
* #Miami: Cloudfest, Nov 6
cloudfest.com/usa/
* #Burbank: Burbank Book Festival, Nov 8
burbankbookfestival.com/
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TYPE Books on Instagram: "💫 Just Announced! 💫 Join us on Monday, October 27th @ 7pm for the launch of Cory Doctorow’s much anticipated new book Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to do About It. Cory will be joined in conversatio
InstagramCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #Lisbon: A post-American, enshittification-resistant internet, with Rabble (Web Summit), Nov 12
websummit.com/sessions/lis25/9…
* #Cardiff: Hay Festival After Hours, Nov 13
hayfestival.com/c-203-hay-fest…
* #London: Enshittification with Sarah Wynn-Williams and Chris Morris, Nov 15
barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2025/…
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Web Summit, Lisbon
Web SummitCory Doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #Seattle: Neuroscience, AI and Society (University of Washington), Dec 4
compneuro.washington.edu/news-…
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Neuroscience, AI, and Society
Computational Neuroscience CenterCory Doctorow
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Recent appearances:
* Enshittification with Adam Conover (Factually)
youtube.com/watch?v=P1EKQidRoo…
* Enshittification (Everyday Anarchism)
everydayanarchism.com/168-ensh…
* The Trouble with Tech Companies (and Their Strategies) (Ideadcast)
hbr.org/podcast/2025/10/the-tr…
* Enshittification (The Honest Broker)
honest-broker.com/p/the-honest…
* Enshittification (The.Ink)
the.ink/p/watch-cory-doctorow-…
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WATCH: Cory Doctorow explains enshittification
Anand Giridharadas (The.Ink)Cory Doctorow
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Pluralistic: A disenshittification moment from the land of mass storage (10 Oct 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.netCory Doctorow
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I'm on a tour with my new book *Enshittification*!
Catch me next in #NewOrleans, #Chicago, and #LosAngeles!
Full schedule with dates and links at:
pluralistic.net/tour
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Pluralistic: Announcing the Enshittification tour (30 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.netSpitfire
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Cory Doctorow reshared this.
Derek Carroll
in reply to Spitfire • • •Korben Dallas
in reply to Spitfire • • •Philip Kiff
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •I'm also cheering this news, but I think the guru3d article is misleading? And you may have missed some of the nuance?
Synology's media release says this is a temporary pause, not a reversal.
They have a "Product Compatibility List" for drives. These lists normally include 3rd party drives. But for the new 2025 "+" models, the lists didn't yet have 3rd-party drives added. The pause is intended to allow time for them to add 3rd-larty drives to the compatibility lists.
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in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •And it explains FSF's weird policy of calling closed firmware that cannot be updated by manufacturer as respecting your freedom. Because then manufacturer can't push update to remotely disable hard drives from competitor.
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RockDad
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Open source garage door openers:
Home Assistant's Next Official Hardware Partner Is Konnected share.google/qHoCsws1Tz8nO2Qk1
Home Assistant's Next Official Hardware Partner Is Konnected
Jorge A. Aguilar (How-To Geek)