Maybe mushrooms are still in the "build userbase" phase. Soon they will begin with the enshittification, raise the prices, put normal quality of life functions behind a paywall and add ads.

[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 57 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Tbf to the mushrooms, enshitification does sound like it would be good for them, botanically speaking.

[–] Jck2905@sh.itjust.works 13 points 9 months ago

I should not have laughed as hard as I did at this🤣

[–] joostjakob@lemmy.world 20 points 9 months ago (1 children)

IIRC, this actually happens. When the balance is disturbed, the mushrooms go wild and destroy young sapplings. Could be I recall incorrectly and it's actually other species. I cannot recommend The Mother Tree enough, it goes into great detail of the history of research into this

[–] logir@feddit.it 2 points 9 months ago

Great book Made me consider how we give for granted that research is impartial while actually it is not