My comment directly addresses the naming concerns of the parent comment. My jets were never warm to begin with.

>My comment directly addresses the naming concerns of the parent comment.

I read your comment 3 times; at no point does it sound like it addresses

>It's hard to take the phenomenon seriously when I sound like I'm just being edgy saying it aloud.

You just talk about the meaning of the word and companiies involved. And leave a foot note of

>For this reason, I propose it may just as well be called something more like "Addict Abuse", or "Heartless exploitation of the vulnerable", because that's exactly what it is.

That doesn't really address the issue. I wish we simply called it "rent seeking", an existing concept that can connect to other industries easily.

"Rent seeking" has an existing meaning that has little overlap with general enshitification.

To be a "rent seeking" business is to be a business that is dependent on handouts made from the government with the taxpayers' money, with a business model that is otherwise less competitive, or uncompetitive altogether.

For example, see: every single business operated by Elon Musk post-Paypal.

That's a misunderstanding on your part.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_rent