It is 100% enshittification. The definition is even in the linked article:
> Here is how platforms die: first, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, they die. I call this enshittification, (..)
The core point here is "abuse the user", not "make features worse". Price gauging would be included in that definition.
Are you sure you read the article? The very first sentence of the article is, "Enshittification is the pattern of decreasing quality observed in online services and products[.]" (Emphasis added.) If the quality remains the same, or improves, it's by definition not decreasing, and therefore not enshitification. Furthermore, as other people pointed out, this is a reference to two sided marketplaces.
Just because there's a new buzzword, doesn't mean it applies. In fact, it usually doesn't.
Enshittification usually refers to companies that run two-sided markets ("platforms"), like rideshare and delivery apps. Adobe raising prices on everyone isn't really the same thing. Enshittification works by first subsidizing everything for everyone, then alternately squeezing the sellers and buyers on the platform by increasing their cut and raising prices. It's about playing a game where you alternately squeeze one side or another of a marketplace that you control.
Adobe doesn't really run a platform, they're selling a product and finding ways to raise the price.
whycome|1 year ago
crazygringo|1 year ago
So it's not "ensh*ttification", which is when prices go up while the product gets worse.
Nobody can seriously argue that Premiere hasn't been getting better overall. It has been. And it's continuing to.
(Which is totally separate from how scummy their subscription cancellation/renewal practices are.)
wnevets|1 year ago
crote|1 year ago
> Here is how platforms die: first, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, they die. I call this enshittification, (..)
The core point here is "abuse the user", not "make features worse". Price gauging would be included in that definition.
jonathankoren|1 year ago
Just because there's a new buzzword, doesn't mean it applies. In fact, it usually doesn't.
roywiggins|1 year ago
Adobe doesn't really run a platform, they're selling a product and finding ways to raise the price.
unknown|1 year ago
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