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I backed the Kickstarter for this nonfiction book, so I got to read it slightly before it was released in fall 2025. The premise is simple: it FEELS as if everything in our world—from the digital tools we use to the websites we access and the products we buy—keep getting worse. Is that true, or is that simply our imagination? The author, Cory Doctorow, explains exactly why products start out great but then become "enshittified" as corporations shift from catering to end users to caring only about their shareholders. Off the top of my head, he presents case studies that…

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