What Happened to Google Search? Cory Doctorow Explains Why All Your Tech Is Getting Worse

What Happened to Google Search? Cory Doctorow Explains Why All Your Tech Is Getting Worse

Author: Vulture July 23, 2026 Duration: 1:07:52
Have you had the funny feeling that content online is just a worse than it used to be – that actually a lot of art – movies, TV, music, comedy is just not has good as 3, 5, 10 years ago? Or maybe you are a person who makes art for a living who feels like the frog in boiling water, slowly being squeezed by the powers that be out of being able to make a living. How did this happen? Why is this the case? To use a word coined by this week's guest Cory Doctorow – Enshittification. That is the title of Cory’s latest book about how the internet and, in turn, our modern lives slowly and, often intentionally, were made less enjoyable and less functional by the people that control the major tech companies. Cory is an author, professor, and digital rights activist and generally one of the most articulate speakers on how the de facto tech monopolies are degrading our standard of living. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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