In Season 1, Episode 4: The Sickness of Enshittificationitis Explained, we deliver a shocking diagnosis of a cultural disease: Enshittificationitis. We examine the rapid spread of this systemic decay, which is turning our favourite digital platforms into cluttered, unusable messes. If you feel like your products and services are actively working against you, you aren’t crazy—you’re witnessing a viral decline of modern capitalism. We go beyond the headlines to dive deep into the pathology of digital rot. Using our unique Prion-like disease framework, we explore why platforms are biologically wired to prioritise profit over people, eventually suffocating the very users that made them successful. This episode breaks down the lifecycle of the Enshittificationitis pathology: a wild ride through the economics of platform collapse, the psychology of user frustration, and the mental toll of digital degradation. Tune in as we diagnose why the internet we loved is disappearing right before our eyes and find out if there’s a cure for this "enshittified" world, or if we’re just waiting for the next thing to break.

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