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Discord in discussions of going Public Trading, economics expert discusses how that might change things (www.eurogamer.net)
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[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ah yes, I definitely want banner ads, "Quests" and a Microtransactions Store for NAME COLOURS

That's not Enshitification at all...

/sarcasm

[–] Jpeasy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But realistically for a free tool with the functionality it has. The skippable microtranactions arent a big deal. The core functionality hasnt been effected at all.

[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 9 hours ago

I would argue that any amount of resources being spent on adding features nobody wants and nobody uses is Enshitification, as they're not being used on fixing the myriad existing problems or adding features people actually want