The Coming Enshittification of AI
Cover art by Damian Mendez Romera. The Facebook app does something odd as soon as I open it: it blocks the scrollbar in my feed. As in, I can’t continue scrolling down unless I finish watching the ad Meta decided to show me. The Instagram app is doing the same thing, my feed won’t scroll after a couple of videos unless I finish watching an ad. Facebook Ad-break. The app won’t let you scroll past this point until the ad finishes. ...