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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Adam Juniper

'Enshittification' is coming for us all –even cameras – and this is where it starts...

Blink Mini 2 camera is mart of Enshittification with a toilet and cash grab illustration.

If you've checked an online dictionary, or read respected sources like the Financial Times, you might well be familiar with the term “enshittification,” coined by Cory Doctorow.

If you've not heard the term, you've certainly experienced it. It's Doctorow's way of explaining how things get worse for customers, especially in the online world, thanks to the network effect and the collective action problem.

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