On: Apple vs. the "Free Market"

[n4r9]

> Apple rolling over its sleep and squashing Patreon isn't 'enshittification', it's just textbook monopoly abuse.

Isn't it both? Enshittification is a form of monopoly abuse in my mind.

Also note that you're arguing against the person who coined the term "enshittification".

[philistine → n4r9]

Enshittification does not require a monopoly; merely captive consumers. You can enshittify cereal boxes, even though you don't have a monopoly.

[n4r9 → philistine]

True. I guess it's more accurate to say that enshittification is not mutually exclusive from monopolisation. But if anything becomes easier with a monopoly.