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Retail
Amazon (marketplace)
Amazon
Shitification LevelSearch results dominated by sponsored placements and knockoff sellers. Counterfeit goods and AI-generated junk listings increasingly common. Trust in the marketplace eroding.
Hardware
Amazon Kindle (older models)
Amazon
Shitification LevelAmazon is ending support for older Kindle hardware. When devices stop syncing, owners lose access to the library of books they paid for.
Household
Band-Aid bandages
Kenvue
Shitification LevelAdhesive deteriorates within hours. Bandages slip off, lose color, and fall apart in the package.
Household
Bic lighters
BIC
Shitification LevelBuild quality has dropped — fewer ignitions per lighter, lower-quality flint, premature failures common.
Software
ChatGPT
OpenAI
Shitification LevelFree tier silently routes to a 'less powerful' model when limits are hit. Users report the fallback model is noticeably better than the new default — quality regressing in the name of cost-cutting.
Software
Discord
Discord, Inc.
Shitification LevelPublic-company prep underway. Hired a former Activision Blizzard executive as CEO — a strong signal that aggressive monetization is coming ahead of an IPO.
Auto
Dodge Charger
Stellantis
Shitification LevelIn-dash display shows pop-up advertisements when the vehicle is stopped at red lights — ads injected directly into the driving experience.
Software
Duolingo
Duolingo
Shitification LevelCEO replaced human-curated content with AI generation. Gamification turned aggressive and manipulative. Free tier saturated with ads.
Retail
eBay
eBay Inc.
Shitification LevelBuyer protections eroded, seller fees up, search heavily favors promoted listings over established sellers and reputation.
Software
Gmail
Google
Shitification LevelPromo and Social tabs increasingly polluted with content that should be filtered. AI summaries replacing useful message previews. Storage-upsell pressure mounting.
Software
Google Search
Google
Shitification LevelFirst page increasingly dominated by ads and SEO-optimized content farms; useful results often appear below the fold.
Food & Beverage
Hershey's chocolate
The Hershey Company
Shitification LevelMultiple products quietly reformulated — real chocolate replaced with cheaper vegetable-oil-based coatings. Texture has been widely described as waxy or rubbery.
Auto
Honda
Honda
Shitification LevelSubscription paywalls introduced for remote-start and other features that were previously one-time hardware purchases. The car you own is increasingly the car you rent.
Hardware
LG Smart TVs
LG Electronics
Shitification LevelPlays advertisements with audio in screensavers. Recent firmware updates have caused TVs to power themselves on randomly to display ads — your TV is now an ad server you paid for.
Restaurants
McDonald's
McDonald's Corporation
Shitification LevelEnding self-serve soda machines nationwide — fewer refills, more kiosk friction, less customer freedom under the banner of operational efficiency.
Software
Microsoft Bing
Microsoft
Shitification LevelRequires installing a 220 MB desktop application just to change the homepage background image — a setting that used to be a single click in the web UI.
Food & Beverage
Mounds
The Hershey Company
Shitification LevelNo longer made with real chocolate — substituted with vegetable-oil 'chocolatey' coating that no longer qualifies for the chocolate label.
Streaming
Netflix
Netflix, Inc.
Shitification LevelRepeated price hikes, password-sharing crackdown, and an ad-supported tier that quietly became the default for new sign-ups.
Household
Pyrex
Instant Brands
Shitification LevelManufacturing moved offshore. New pieces are noticeably thinner and prone to thermal shock and shattering. Old US-made Pyrex remained durable for decades by comparison.
Software
Reddit
Reddit, Inc.
Shitification LevelAds styled to look like organic user comments. Killed the third-party app ecosystem in 2023. Hostile to long-time moderators ahead of its IPO.