All the corporate brands went through more rounds of enshitification recently, a few years ago I got subway for the first time in years, and realized it’s way cheaper than it was, and more expensive. For one thing I noticed way way more salt in the veggies, salt disguises substandard ingredients, as does sugar and fat. So much salt I couldn’t well eat it.
I pickle my own veggies, and don’t use any salt, and it tastes fine, so I know there’s not reason vegetables need that much salt on their own.
But talking to others, they also think they lowered the quality on all of these corporate joints sometime around 2021.
I like the term enshitification. I used the phrase “spreadsheeted the flavor out” many times over the years. And it’s true. They constantly shave quality so that the spreadsheets look better.
That sounds about right honestly. I remember last buying some pizza hut around 2022 and while it wasn’t anything special, it wasn’t as genuinely offensive as my recent experience with them
All the corporate brands went through more rounds of enshitification recently, a few years ago I got subway for the first time in years, and realized it’s way cheaper than it was, and more expensive. For one thing I noticed way way more salt in the veggies, salt disguises substandard ingredients, as does sugar and fat. So much salt I couldn’t well eat it.
I pickle my own veggies, and don’t use any salt, and it tastes fine, so I know there’s not reason vegetables need that much salt on their own.
But talking to others, they also think they lowered the quality on all of these corporate joints sometime around 2021.
I like the term enshitification. I used the phrase “spreadsheeted the flavor out” many times over the years. And it’s true. They constantly shave quality so that the spreadsheets look better.
“Spreadsheeted the flavor out” is brilliant.
That sounds about right honestly. I remember last buying some pizza hut around 2022 and while it wasn’t anything special, it wasn’t as genuinely offensive as my recent experience with them