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Welcome to the show. I'm Jordan Harbinger. On the Jordan Harbinger show, we decode the stories,

secrets, and skills of the world's most fascinating people and turn their wisdom into practical advice that you

can use to impact your own life and those around you. Our mission is to help you become a better

informed, more critical thinker through long-form conversations with a variety of amazing folks,

from spies to CEOs, athletes, authors, thinkers, performers, even the occasional

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Today, if you've ever looked at the internet and thought, wow, this used to be less awful,

congratulations, you have noticed,

enshittification. Today, we're discussing why every platform you love eventually turns into a

flaming dumpster full of pop-ups, scams, knock-off backpacks from brands that are named

like a cat just walked across the keyboard in a subscription feed just to use the thing you already

bought or that you thought you bought, but now I guess it turns out you're renting it, I don't know. Facebook promised they'd never spy on you and now spying is their business model. Amazon didn't just win e-commerce. They locked us in, shook down merchants, cloned their products and raised prices everywhere, so we all pay the Amazon tax, whether we shop there or not.

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