Doctorow

[ dok-tuh-roh ]

noun

1. E(dgar) L(aurence), 1931–2015, U.S. author and editor.

Example Sentences

As Doctorow put it: “Here is how platforms die: first, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, they die.”

From Slate

The term “enshittification” was coined in 2023 by Cory Doctorow to describe the ways in which digital platforms that had once been invaluable to us slowly became worse and worse.

From Slate

Doctorow’s concept about online platforms has since been applied everywhere and anywhere you can find capitalism hollowing out public goods.

From Slate

Its control over the industry has made way for dynamic pricing and it "has the power to destroy venues and artists who refuse to work with them. They even have their own resale platform and they encourage ticket resellers to gouge fans," The Perfect Union's Cory Doctorow said.

From Salon

Doctorow novel but isn’t justified, at least for now.

From Los Angeles Times