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I mean, I'd argue it isn't natural for platforms to intentionally be made worse for users. Historically people would shift platforms when a new platform offered newer/better features or to check out the new hotness and older platforms would simply be neglected. See Tumblr and Myspace for example. Both saw negative user growth long before they could meaningfully enshittify to try to extract revenue
But honestly this is an argument of symantics and I'm only posting it as a reminder that platforms don't have to enshittify and we could build a society where that doesn't happen. Heck we're already on a solid first step by being here in the fediverse!