• @fylkenny@feddit.de
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    795 months ago

    Maybe mushrooms are still in the “build userbase” phase. Soon they will begin with the enshittification, raise the prices, put normal quality of life functions behind a paywall and add ads.

    • @gibmiser@lemmy.world
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      575 months ago

      Tbf to the mushrooms, enshitification does sound like it would be good for them, botanically speaking.

    • @joostjakob@lemmy.world
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      205 months ago

      IIRC, this actually happens. When the balance is disturbed, the mushrooms go wild and destroy young sapplings. Could be I recall incorrectly and it’s actually other species. I cannot recommend The Mother Tree enough, it goes into great detail of the history of research into this

      • @logir@feddit.it
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        25 months ago

        Great book Made me consider how we give for granted that research is impartial while actually it is not