đź“š Book Review: The Platform Delusion

Prof C Explains
2 min readDec 13, 2021

Who Wins and Who Loses in the Age of Tech Titans by Jonathan A. Knee

This book challenges many common ideas about big-tech monopolies (Facebook, Amazon, Google, Netflix). For example, they are undefeatable companies surrounded by “moats” that will forever keep out the competition. Or that all these companies enjoy the benefits of network effects…

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Prof C Explains

J Scott Christianson: UM Teaching Prof, Technologist & Entrepreneur. Connect with me here: https://www.christiansonjs.com/