https://cuicaihao.github.io/tags/technofeudalism/Recent content in Technofeudalism on C.CUI's LogHugoen-AUTue, 02 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +1000https://cuicaihao.github.io/posts/2026-06-02-platforms-most-powerful-business-model/Tue, 02 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +1000https://cuicaihao.github.io/posts/2026-06-02-platforms-most-powerful-business-model/Platforms do not merely operate within markets. They turn the market itself into a product. Two-sided markets, indirect network effects, and data-algorithm feedback loops give platforms extraordinary scale. Once users and businesses have gathered, platforms gradually gain power over access, ranking, reputation, and the allocation of attention. This essay examines how platforms grow, why they decay into extraction, how algorithms shape choices, and why antitrust policy and interoperability have become central questions of the digital age.