2026-07-13 07:05 UTC
@thalia@discuss.systems there’s thesis written about the 2 case studies.
I’ve < 500 chars to illustrate avarice-based human decisions or “shareholder value”.
Kodak (incumbent market leader, IML) execs decided not to move into digital media. When ppl stopped using film commercially & personally, their business purpose “disappeared” & so did the company.
Boeing (IML) execs made their job “finance engineering” instead of aeronautics, compromising safety.
Without human experts & market, who’s using your products?
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@liebach@mastodon.art 2026-08-03 10:28
@dahukanna@mastodon.social @thalia@discuss.systems I think I see the Boeing pattern playing out in so many places. Execs know a lot about finance, almost nothing about the product the company makes. Predictable outcomes all around. Enshittificattion is just the symptom of that.
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@dahukanna@mastodon.social 2026-07-13 07:16
@thalia@discuss.systems Related courage or stupidity?- Latest Boeing “business as usual” consequence of trimming “safety costs” July 2026- passenger gets abrasion burns from safety belt instead of falling out the plane, mid-air in Boeing 737 NG - “Man Sucked Out of Airplane, Dangles by Seatbelt https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/man-sucked-out-of-airplane-dangles-by-seatbelt”