Platform Companies Are Becoming More Powerful — but What Exactly Do They Want? – The New York Times

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Platform Companies Are Becoming More Powerful — but What Exactly Do They Want?

With enough success, these businesses go from enabling transactions to controlling entire economies. But these raised stakes also create tensions that are becoming harder to ignore.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/21/magazine/platform-companies-are-becoming-more-powerful-but-what-exactly-do-they-want.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

Platforms seek total control even as they abdicate responsibility. In other words, they’re perfect.