Platform capitalism

The expression Platform Capitalism refers to the activities of companies such as Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Uber, Airbnb and others to operate as platforms. In this business model both hardware and software are used as a foundation (platform) for other actors to conduct their own business.[1][2]

Platform capitalism is either heralded as beneficial [3] or denounced as detrimental [4] by various authors. The trends identified in platform capitalism have similarities with those described under the heading of surveillance capitalism.[5]

The possible effect of platform capitalism on open science has been discussed.[6]

See also

References
  1. N. Srnicek, Platform Capatlism. Wiley, 2016.
  2. L. Weatherby, "Delete Your Account: On the Theory of Platform Capitalism," Los Angeles Review of Books, 2018.
  3. A. McAfee and E. Brynjolfsson, Machine, platform, crowd : harnessing our digital future. W. W. Norton and Company , 2017.
  4. J. Lanier, Ten arguments for deleting your social media accounts right now. Henry Holt and Co., 2018.
  5. S. Zuboff, The age of surveillance capitalism: the fight for a human future at the new frontier of power. PublicAffairs, 2019.
  6. P. Mirowski, "The future(s) of open science," Soc. Stud. Sci., vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 171–203, Apr. 2018.


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