Platforms
Created Monday 13 September 2021
"Platforms"
Any layer between "the bare metal machine" and "what you see on the web"
(this is a BROAD category)
(flypaper is not a bad analogy here)
Things to think about re: Platforms
Distinguish between those generally open/free .. e.g.
Apache, Wordpress, Wikipedia
(there REALLY aren't many of these)
Things to think about re: Platforms
..and not. (this can definitely be a spectrum)
Nearly always those with a for-profit business model:
facebook, docker, wix, twitter, canva, canvas, blackboard,
adobe, microsoft, react, d3, apple, amazon, netflix etc etc etc
Things to think about re: Platforms
Two ways to analyze the businesses:
- 1) What is the "value-add"
What are you not allowed to have if you don't pay them?
- 2) What is the space between "what they say and imply they do"
(e.g. Netflix is VERY DIFFERENT from Facebook)
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