Crapification
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The phenomenon of online platforms and other digital services gradually degrading the quality of their services, often by promoting advertisements, recurring payments, and sponsored content, in order to increase profits. Internet, neologism, uncountable
"We had been to the restaurant and we had water to drink, because after the take-over’s, all of the soda makers were brought to ruination by the total crapification of their product, by government management."
Example
More examples"We had been to the restaurant and we had water to drink, because after the take-over’s, all of the soda makers were brought to ruination by the total crapification of their product, by government management."
Etymology
From crap + -ification (“becoming crappy”), used as a less vulgar form of enshittification. Usage goes back to at least 1996, with a Kyle Baker cartoon in New York, in reference to degrading quality of consumer electronics.
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