tech
March 18, 2026
Why Are Your Phone and the Internet Getting Worse? Norway Uncovers a Big Scam
The Norwegian Consumer Council has launched a major global campaign against a phenomenon that experts call 'enshittification' (the gradual degradation of digital products). This refers to the intentional lowering of the quality of services that were once excellent, such as social networks that are now cluttered with ads or software that intentionally slows down your old phones. Norwegians say that users would not accept someone shortening the legs of a table in the real world to make it wobbly, so they should not tolerate it on the internet either.
TL;DR
- Norwegian Consumer Council initiated a global campaign against 'enshittification'.
- Enshittification is defined as the intentional degradation of digital product quality.
- Examples include social media overloaded with ads and software slowing down old phones.
- The campaign draws an analogy to not accepting physical items that are intentionally made worse.