Doctorow
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Coined by author Cory Doctorow, it refers to the process of intentionally making your user experience worse in service of serving more ads or shepherding them toward a desired outcome.
From Salon • Nov. 7, 2025
Doctorow novel, which depicts the intersecting lives of archetypal fictional characters from vastly different backgrounds, as well as historical figures.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
The term “enshittification” was coined in 2023 by Cory Doctorow to describe the ways in which digital platforms that had once been invaluable to us slowly became worse and worse.
From Slate • Oct. 30, 2024
Doctorow novel but isn’t justified, at least for now.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2024
That night, indeed, Smolensk was evacuated by the Russians, contrary to the wishes of both officers and men, Prince Eugene and General Doctorow declaring that they could hold on for ten days longer.
From Through Russian Snows A Story of Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
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