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Re:Did a 1997 merger ruin Boeing? by sjfjsjdjwvwvc on Thursday January 11, 2024 @07:51PM (#38961970)
Enshittification?
Re:Did a 1997 merger ruin Boeing? by rjbwork on Thursday January 11, 2024 @09:55PM (#38963083)
Seems like if you do this over and over and over again under different brands - say on like a staggered Decade schedule - you optimize your profits, milking as much out of your market as possible while severely cutting cost and quality and competence.
Re:Did a 1997 merger ruin Boeing? by brazzy on Friday January 12, 2024 @01:39AM (#38964761)
Completely different thing. The gist of the Boeing theory is that it was ruined by a finance-driven culture that resulted in cost-cutting away quality and safety.

"Enshittification" is not based on cost-cutting or optimizing for profits. It's when a product that's already "perfect" and widely used, has lots of money/effort invested in it to chase further growth, and the changes end up making the product worse for its existing userbase.