America's collapsing consumption is the world's disenshittification opportunity: America's loss is the post-American internet's gain.

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Cory Doctorow

2025-12-16 17:40:40

We are about to get a "post-American internet," because we are entering a post-American *era* and a post-American *world*. Some of that is Trump's doing, and some of that is down to his predecessors.

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Yesterday's threads: Break up bad companies; replace bad union bosses; and more!

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Upcoming appearances:

* #Hamburg: Chaos Communications Congress, Dec 27-30
events.ccc.de/congress/2025/in…

* #Denver: Enshittification at Tattered Cover Colfax, Jan 22
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* #ColoradoSprings: Guest of Honor at COSine, Jan 23-25
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Recent appearances:

* (Digital) Elbows Up (OCADU)
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* How to Stop “Ensh*ttification” Before It Kills the Internet (Capitalisn't)
youtube.com/watch?v=34gkIvYiHx…

* Enshittification on The Daily Show
youtube.com/watch?v=d2e-c9SF5n…

* Enshittification with Four Ways to Change the World (Channel 4)
youtube.com/watch?v=tZQaEeuuI3…

* The Plan is to Make the Internet Worse. Forever. (Novarra Media)
youtube.com/watch?v=7wE8G-d7Sn…

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I'm and the end of my tour for my new book, the international bestseller *Enshittification*!

My last two events are CCC in #Hamburg, Dec 27-30:
events.ccc.de/congress/2025/in…

and the Tattered Cover in #Denver, Jan 22:
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I hope you can make it!

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