▲ 2733 ▼ I'm really getting over the enshitification of the internet. (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by Custoslibera@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.ml 293 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] TheWizardOfLimes@lemmy.today 40 points 2 years ago (5 children) permalink fedilink source hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) Hahaha good edit. Could you imagine?! (Checks for myself) ...Oh... It's sensible that maintaining a current up to date dictionary is worthy of compensation, but I think the tragedy is that such endeavors as "maintaining current information on human language" aren't just publicly funded, so here they are panhandling for "Dictionary plus" lol. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) The OED has been like this for at least 15 years (possibly longer but that’s when I first encountered it). So I wouldn’t consider this an appropriate example of the enshittification that’s been taking place of late. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TheWizardOfLimes@lemmy.today 2 points 2 years ago Ooh I didn't realize that, I was just Googling -oidal & this was the first result permalink fedilink source parent [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I believe it has charged a fee from the day they first offered the dictionary for online use. permalink fedilink source parent [–] danielf@aussie.zone 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) I'm surprised people still use commercial dictionaries when Wiktionary exists. Is there a reason more people don't use it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Kase@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Fwiw, this is the first time I've heard of Wiktionary permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] danielf@aussie.zone 7 points 2 years ago Okay, that's probably the reason then. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago The OED goes very in-depth into etymology in the way other English dictionaries do not. It's the size of an encyclopedia. This is the print version of the second edition, which has been supplemented several times since: permalink fedilink source parent [–] CallumWells@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago As far as I know the OED is a very specific dictionary that's way beyond what most people need and mostly for people dealing with language in their work. https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/ would be the more personal variant from what I've heard. permalink fedilink source parent [–] rabiddolphin@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago thefreedictionary.com permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) Hahaha good edit. Could you imagine?! (Checks for myself) ...Oh... It's sensible that maintaining a current up to date dictionary is worthy of compensation, but I think the tragedy is that such endeavors as "maintaining current information on human language" aren't just publicly funded, so here they are panhandling for "Dictionary plus" lol. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) The OED has been like this for at least 15 years (possibly longer but that’s when I first encountered it). So I wouldn’t consider this an appropriate example of the enshittification that’s been taking place of late. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TheWizardOfLimes@lemmy.today 2 points 2 years ago Ooh I didn't realize that, I was just Googling -oidal & this was the first result permalink fedilink source parent [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I believe it has charged a fee from the day they first offered the dictionary for online use. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheWizardOfLimes@lemmy.today 2 points 2 years ago Ooh I didn't realize that, I was just Googling -oidal & this was the first result permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I believe it has charged a fee from the day they first offered the dictionary for online use. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] danielf@aussie.zone 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) I'm surprised people still use commercial dictionaries when Wiktionary exists. Is there a reason more people don't use it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Kase@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Fwiw, this is the first time I've heard of Wiktionary permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] danielf@aussie.zone 7 points 2 years ago Okay, that's probably the reason then. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago The OED goes very in-depth into etymology in the way other English dictionaries do not. It's the size of an encyclopedia. This is the print version of the second edition, which has been supplemented several times since: permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kase@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Fwiw, this is the first time I've heard of Wiktionary permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] danielf@aussie.zone 7 points 2 years ago Okay, that's probably the reason then. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] danielf@aussie.zone 7 points 2 years ago Okay, that's probably the reason then. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago The OED goes very in-depth into etymology in the way other English dictionaries do not. It's the size of an encyclopedia. This is the print version of the second edition, which has been supplemented several times since: permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CallumWells@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago As far as I know the OED is a very specific dictionary that's way beyond what most people need and mostly for people dealing with language in their work. https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/ would be the more personal variant from what I've heard. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rabiddolphin@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago thefreedictionary.com permalink fedilink source parent
