Magnetic_dud@discuss.tchncs.de to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoBots ruined an once useful website with fake credentials that lead to nothingdiscuss.tchncs.deimagemessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1225arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1218arrow-down1imageBots ruined an once useful website with fake credentials that lead to nothingdiscuss.tchncs.deMagnetic_dud@discuss.tchncs.de to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square25fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKonala Koala@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down8·2 years agoSounds like its a case of Enshittification happening to that once useful website.
minus-squareMagnetic_dud@discuss.tchncs.deOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoenshittification happened to scribd, not bugmenot scribd used to offer free hosting for all pdf files, then when they hit critical user mass, they decided that only paid users can download the (mostly pirated) PDF files. Literally profiting from piracy while pretending it’s designed for business.
Sounds like its a case of Enshittification happening to that once useful website.
enshittification happened to scribd, not bugmenot
scribd used to offer free hosting for all pdf files, then when they hit critical user mass, they decided that only paid users can download the (mostly pirated) PDF files. Literally profiting from piracy while pretending it’s designed for business.