It’s no secret that I’m a fan of developmental psychologist Candice Odgers. I’ve mentioned her and her work on the site many times, and she was a guest on my podcast as well. She …
“platforms” don’t really add a lot of value, just some nice-too-have things like the ability to upload without using FTP (which CMSs can also do), and easing content discovery
that’s already ‘the internet’ under one (more technically correct) definition of the word ‘internet’
the “control” you mention is mostly the applications (the article is about “social media platforms”)
The trick is that they are thinking about outlawing any “platform” that doesn’t send a personal bribe to the current administration.
That’s my point… it’s the applications (so-called “platforms”) that are the point of centralisation and control
the internet itself is very decentralised: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet
“platforms” don’t really add a lot of value, just some nice-too-have things like the ability to upload without using FTP (which CMSs can also do), and easing content discovery
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