Comment Re: Ubisoft should get comfortable... (Score 1) 150
Your Adobe example just shows that you don't understand what Doctorow is saying. The problem isn't digitally-delivered or even subscription-only software (though I'd argue that does have its own set of problems).
Enshittification, according to Doctorow, is when a "platform" operator begins operations by courting users with friendly and open policies. Once they have some level of market share, they switch tacks to courting business partners who they think would be interested in selling or interacting with their new user base (for example, advertisers or consumer product makers). This done to increase their market share and dominance and is often done at the expense of the user. Finally they abuse their power over the market to extract value back into their own pockets, this time at the expense of the user and the business partners.
You can disagree with him, but this exact scenario has played out over and over in the last 20 years. Facebook and Amazon are perfect examples, and two of the early cases that he used to make the point.