# Enshittification thread **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [March 6, 2026, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/enshittification-thread/12554 "2026-03-06T18:16:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![colonelsmoothie](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/colonelsmoothie/32/136_2.png) [@colonelsmoothie](https://community.goactuary.com/u/colonelsmoothie)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/enshittification-thread/12554/1 "2026-03-06T18:16:13Z")
Thread for how things are shitty, and then get shittier. ---
**Author:** ![colonelsmoothie](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/colonelsmoothie/32/136_2.png) [@colonelsmoothie](https://community.goactuary.com/u/colonelsmoothie)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/enshittification-thread/12554/2 "2026-03-06T18:16:29Z")
> **[If You're Buying a 2026 Ford Mustang Mach-E and Want a Frunk, You'll Have to...](https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a70484277/2026-ford-mustang-mach-e-frunk-costs-extra/)** > > People shopping for a new electric Mustang SUV are in for a surprise when they peek at the order sheet. ---
**Author:** ![Breadmaker](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/breadmaker/32/83065_2.png) [@Breadmaker](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Breadmaker)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/enshittification-thread/12554/3 "2026-03-06T18:53:38Z")
BMW wants you to pay to use the seat warmers??? WTF is that??? ---
**Author:** ![colonelsmoothie](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/colonelsmoothie/32/136_2.png) [@colonelsmoothie](https://community.goactuary.com/u/colonelsmoothie)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 6:58pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/enshittification-thread/12554/4 "2026-03-06T18:58:45Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/T4Upf_B9RLQ/maxresdefault.jpg "A Day in the Life of an Ensh\*ttificator") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Upf_B9RLQ) ---
**Author:** ![glassy](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ea666f/32.png) [@glassy](https://community.goactuary.com/u/glassy)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/enshittification-thread/12554/5 "2026-03-06T19:12:46Z")
Does shrinkflation count? I’m constantly having to tweak all my recipes to deal with grocery items coming in smaller packages. 😤 ---
**Author:** ![colonelsmoothie](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/colonelsmoothie/32/136_2.png) [@colonelsmoothie](https://community.goactuary.com/u/colonelsmoothie)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/enshittification-thread/12554/6 "2026-03-06T19:25:51Z")
Yeah ![image](https://community.goactuary.com/uploads/default/original/3X/8/c/8c0a8264d21462b361dcb88a6a4316a72e9cac82.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![SpaceLobster](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/spacelobster/32/38216_2.png) [@SpaceLobster](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SpaceLobster)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/enshittification-thread/12554/7 "2026-03-06T19:27:32Z")
My spouse’s volvo is like that. If you don’t pay for the app, you lose a lot of features - remote start for sure. When we bought the car we got a long term subscription included, but it’s not forever. ---
**Author:** ![Papasmurf](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@Papasmurf](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Papasmurf)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 7:30pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/enshittification-thread/12554/8 "2026-03-06T19:30:14Z")
My 2025 car has 2 more years included on the automatic start, and then I have to pay a $15/month subscription to keep it ---
**Author:** ![The\_Polymath](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/the_polymath/32/83081_2.png) [@The\_Polymath](https://community.goactuary.com/u/The_Polymath)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 7:30pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/enshittification-thread/12554/9 "2026-03-06T19:30:40Z")
Cat food. They have reduced the amount of meat and degraded the mix of ingredients. Our cats definitely noticed (Whiskas). ---
**Author:** ![Breadmaker](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/breadmaker/32/83065_2.png) [@Breadmaker](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Breadmaker)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 9:32pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/enshittification-thread/12554/10 "2026-03-06T21:32:51Z")
Obligatory Simpsons vid: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0H3dCWbH5Kg/hqdefault.jpg "Carrot Cat Food") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H3dCWbH5Kg) ---
**Author:** ![Mathman](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/mathman/32/14042_2.png) [@Mathman](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Mathman)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 6:01pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/enshittification-thread/12554/11 "2026-03-09T18:01:49Z")
Southwest has ditched their open seating for assigned seats, and no longer allow you to check two bags for free. Worse yet, I’m hearing several complaints that if a flight has a lot of open seats after boarding is complete, the FAs aren’t allowing passengers to move to where there is a lot of open space. You have to stay in your assigned seat. I’ll probably continue flying with them for work, it’s my only nonstop option from MCI to IAD. I could take United to Dulles but it’s a little hassle to get from there to Bethesda. ---
**Author:** ![colonelsmoothie](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/colonelsmoothie/32/136_2.png) [@colonelsmoothie](https://community.goactuary.com/u/colonelsmoothie)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/enshittification-thread/12554/12 "2026-03-09T18:05:05Z")
Also > **[Southwest Is Testing Cleaning Only Premium Seats Between Flights — A Flight...](https://viewfromthewing.com/southwest-is-testing-cleaning-only-premium-seats-between-flights-a-flight-attendants-union-leader-says-its-titanic-class-service/)** > > Southwest is experimenting with bringing cleaners on board between flights — but only to clean the premium extra-legroom section, leaving the rest of the cabin to the usual quick flight-attendant “tidy.” A flight attendants union leader says the... ---
**Author:** ![Mathman](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/mathman/32/14042_2.png) [@Mathman](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Mathman)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/enshittification-thread/12554/13 "2026-03-09T18:34:55Z")
Dammit. Maybe my company will pay for premium economy. I’m not a germaphobe but planes can get a little nasty sometimes and this won’t help. ---
**Author:** ![Breadmaker](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/breadmaker/32/83065_2.png) [@Breadmaker](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Breadmaker)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/enshittification-thread/12554/14 "2026-03-09T20:02:37Z")
Flying is for germy suckers. ---
**Author:** ![Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/maphistos_sidekick/32/84973_2.png) [@Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Maphistos_Sidekick)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/enshittification-thread/12554/15 "2026-03-10T17:29:07Z")
I was nearly Southwest-exclusive for over 10 years. The idea that I could buy a ticket 49 hours in advance and, if I were willing to pay, still have a pretty good shot at not being stuck in a middle seat, plus some phenomenal customer service interactions, plus the fact they had logical routings on the places I was traveling at the time, had me extremely loyal. I haven’t flown on them since pandemic lockdowns. Some of that is because my travel patterns have changed (my father passed away so I’m no longer shuttling to where he lived; the only work travel I need to do these days is when I’m summoned into the office…which is in London)…but the recent changes have eliminated my preference for Southwest. I’m mostly a Delta and Icelandair guy now. ---
**Author:** ![Mathman](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/mathman/32/14042_2.png) [@Mathman](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Mathman)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 5:35pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/enshittification-thread/12554/16 "2026-03-10T17:35:22Z")
> [@Maphistos\_Sidekick](#): > > I’m mostly a Delta and Icelandair guy now. I wish Delta was an option for me. Flying out of Kansas City, SW and United are the big two, I’ve always heard good things about Delta and the surveys tend to rank them pretty high. It’s fine, I don’t travel nearly as much as I used to. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Polymath](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/the_polymath/32/83081_2.png) [@The\_Polymath](https://community.goactuary.com/u/The_Polymath)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2026, 10:38am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/enshittification-thread/12554/17 "2026-03-22T10:38:22Z")
Ran into a good substack post explaining the enshitiffication trend. > **[How capital markets drive Enshittification of Everything](https://nikolavukovic.substack.com/p/how-capital-markets-are-driving-enshittification?utm_campaign=posts-open-in-app&triedRedirect=true)** > > How the forces driving enshittification are baked into modern capital markets. ---
**Author:** ![tommie.frazier](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@tommie.frazier](https://community.goactuary.com/u/tommie.frazier)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2026, 6:01pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/enshittification-thread/12554/18 "2026-03-22T18:01:16Z")
> **[Meaghan Wilson Anastasios (@meaghanwilsonanastasios)](https://substack.com/@meaghanwilsonanastasios/note/c-223191161?r=9h9id&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action)** > > Oh, this. A thousand times, this. > > Norway 🇳🇴 wins the internet today. in order of appearance, my favorites are the hair dryer on the markers, the kids dance party ad break, and the dry “so sad” he delivers. ---
**Author:** ![quoll](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/quoll/32/81747_2.png) [@quoll](https://community.goactuary.com/u/quoll)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2026, 11:20pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/enshittification-thread/12554/19 "2026-03-22T23:20:03Z")
“It’s very important - it needs to be nice at first.” ---
**Author:** ![Lucy](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/lucy/32/8802_2.png) [@Lucy](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Lucy)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 1:21am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/enshittification-thread/12554/20 "2026-03-27T01:21:15Z")
> [@SpaceLobster](#): > > My spouse’s volvo is like that. If you don’t pay for the app, you lose a lot of features - remote start for sure. > > When we bought the car we got a long term subscription included, but it’s not forever. My Kia is, too. Only for reasons, we didn’t get a free sample of the app. So i don’t have a lot of the advertised features. It’s pretty annoying. [Next page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/enshittification-thread/12554.md?page=2)