Every browser engine company builds on rented land. Anti-Enshittification doesn't.
Anti-Enshittification: AI-Powered Browser Defenses Against Dark Patterns and Manipulative UI
The Problem
The phenomenon colloquially termed "enshittification"?the progressive degradation of digital platforms through dark patterns, manipulative UI, and extractive design practices?represents a systemic failure of market incentives in the attention economy . This paper presents the Anti-Enshittification Engine, a comprehensive browser-level defense system that combines vision-language AI detection, cryptographic action logging, and automated countermeasures to protect users from manipulative interface patterns.
What We Built
