Enshittification isn’t inevitable. The way to fight it is government regulation (and regulation via interstate treaties, institutions, etc). The “market”, as we have seen in the modern era of mass deregulation, will devolve to exploitation and accumulation of wealth by a few elites. That’s the nature of the capitalist system, as Marx pretty aptly described back in the 19th century. Corporations will not regulate themselves, especially when they have monopolies or collusion among a few big players (cartels). That recent book by Doctorow and Giblin describes the process pretty well… they are focused on creative arts and how a few companies have created a monopsony, but it’s really a good description of the larger shift in how capitalism is functioning in all parts of the economy, with a few corporations dominating.
I think we understand better when we look at what corporations are doing rather than accepting what they say they are doing (which they claim is for the betterment of us all).
