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Re:Cal.com: The Open-Source Calendly Alternative by paulhart on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @05:41PM (#34511638)
enshittification?

also see: https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys

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Re:Cal.com: The Open-Source Calendly Alternative by baxtr on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @05:42PM (#34511652)
Thx for sharing. Reads similar to what I was describing!

Not fan of the name though.

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Re:Cal.com: The Open-Source Calendly Alternative by lozf on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @06:52PM (#34512354)
Perhaps "encrapsulating" would suffice?
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Re:Cal.com: The Open-Source Calendly Alternative by encoderer on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @07:22PM (#34512596)
I really like this because it describes how you really are just burying the core value of the product with layers of, well, crap.
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Re:Cal.com: The Open-Source Calendly Alternative by andirk on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @07:32PM (#34512686)
Capping?

Like how if an ER was run the way software is maintained, then, on a slow day, the doctor would order all the nurses to go in to the waiting room and bust everyone's knee caps.

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