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Kakao and the 'Enshittification' of Korea
['David A. Tizzard', 'Datizzard Swu.Ac.Kr']
Korea Times News
Thanks to Cory Doctorow, we now have another term to add to the list: Enshittification.
An open society of political commentary, social analysis, and, of course, lots and lots of K-pop fan accounts.
And then this week, we had Korea’s number one app, Kakao, doing the same thing.
My mother once remarked that hearing the constant chirping of Kakao messages coming in while waiting at the Heathrow airport gate made her feel like she was already in Korea.
And it is in the pursuit of these earnings that we see the enshittification of our digital lives.