The Engagement Ratchet: How YouTube, Instagram, and Amazon Trained Users to Accept Less Control
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The article critiques YouTube’s addition of a algorithmically ranked “most relevant” row on the Subscriptions page as part of an “engagement ratchet” where platforms incrementally replace user-controlled defaults with algorithmic choices; it compares this shift to Instagram’s 2016 feed change and Amazon’s obstructive Prime cancellation flow, discusses legal/regulatory developments (FTC, EU DSA), and warns that incremental design changes and dual-use ranking infrastructure erode user agency without necessarily triggering current enforcement.
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