Could you critique my sort of closing argument just below where I mention the Gish-Galloping thing? I wonder if that is a bit more explicit and clarifying with respect to what I've been discussing here. I feel as if I wrapped up decently there and I am actually intellectually interested in your assessment of that and if you feel in any sense that I perhaps cleaned up my thinking to where you can at least parse the conclusion I come to. Genuinely would appreciate
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The first paragraph of your closing remarks, beginning with "I think this was a bit tricky..." made sense. The first sentence was a bit of painful run-on, but I think the argument you're trying to make is that it's impossible to prove that "enshittification" doesn't destroy the product in it's entirety.
> Why don't we just normalize ex post facto law while we're at it?
This really puzzled me...I re-read it half a dozen times. I know what ex post facto law is. The connection to an excessively long-running television series (e.g.) defeats me.
Finally, you claim that a quote from earlier in this thread corroborates/provides evidence that "enshittification is inevitable and ultimately good" (which I think is your thesis?). But the quote you provide proves the exact opposite - that "more content cheapens the art/media you used to adore".
In only a handful of paragraphs, you flip-flopped positions entirely.