“The boiling frog story is generally offered as a metaphor cautioning people to be aware of even gradual change lest they suffer eventual undesirable consequences. It may be invoked in support of a slippery slope argument as a caution against creeping normality. It is also used in business to reinforce that change needs to be gradual to be accepted. The term “boiling frog syndrome” is a metaphor used to describe the failure to act against a problematic situation which will increase in severity until reaching catastrophic proportions. It thereby encapsulates the barely noticeable impact of slow environmental degradation that has been described by Daniel Pauly as shifting baselines.”
Case in point:
“It’s not so bad, they give me free stuff.”
They stop making regular games and everything is a live service.
“Thats cool, we still get to play for FREE if we prop up their revenue stream.”
Games get aggressive with charges and adds a hard paywall.
“Thats cool, at least long term fans are enjoying the gameplay they provide.”
They kill off the original in favour of marketing part 2 with more enshittification and half the content of the original missing.