# enshittification

Published articles for enshittification.

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## Open-Source Projects Push Back on AI Contributions as AI Deployment and Sustainability Concerns Grow

DevFeed: [Open-Source Projects Push Back on AI Contributions as AI Deployment and Sustainability Concerns Grow](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/something-big-is-happening-4-39864.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://makemeacto.cc/something-big-is-happening-4/>)

Author: Sergio Visinoni

Published: 2026-07-31T10:07:56Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Sudo Make Me a CTO](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/sudo-make-me-a-cto.md>)

Topics: [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [genai](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/genai.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [enshittification](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/enshittification.md>), [genai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/genai.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [something-big-is-happening](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/something-big-is-happening.md>)

### AI overview

This issue discusses open-source projects rejecting AI-generated contributions, questionable corporate AI deployments, and the environmental costs of generative AI and data-center expansion. It also includes positive developments intended to show that constructive action remains possible.

### Source excerpt

Open-source projects increasingly pushing back on AI, the enshittification continues and everybody is so fixated about deploying more AI that nobody is asking for, while the planet is literally burning.

## The Human Story of the Open Web

DevFeed: [The Human Story of the Open Web](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-human-story-of-the-open-web-40779.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://zeldman.com/2026/07/02/the-human-story-of-the-open-web/>)

Author: L. Jeffrey Zeldman

Published: 2026-07-02T11:43:10Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Jeffrey Zeldman](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/jeffrey-zeldman.md>)

Topics: [Web](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [closed-networks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/closed-networks.md>), [enshittification](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/enshittification.md>), [indieweb](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/indieweb.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [open-web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-web.md>), [own-your-content](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/own-your-content.md>), [owning-versus-renting](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/owning-versus-renting.md>), [state-of-the-web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/state-of-the-web.md>)

### AI overview

Jeffrey Zeldman reflects on the loss of content and communities on proprietary online platforms and argues that owning content on the open web and using open-source alternatives can help preserve digital self-determination. The article also discusses the documentary "Code for the People," its themes, and a panel about the future of the web in the age of AI and enshittification.

### Source excerpt

STOP ME if you've heard this one: The members of an extended family spend years curating a shared online photo album. Then the website they posted on vanishes, flushing their collective memories away forever. The post The Human Story of the Open Web appeared first on Jeffrey Zeldman Presents.