The Coming Enshittification of (US) Public Libraries

https://karawynn.substack.com/p/the-coming-enshittification-of-public-librarie

 

TL;DR: OverDrive has succeeded in becoming a monopoly over the digital catalogs of public libraries in the US; now it is owned by one of the chief enshittification companies. Things are starting to slide downhill already.

 

In the US, public libraries tend to be town or city-owned services, underfunded and underrespected. Money is always tight. And the rightwingers hate them.