Platforms vs Aggregators
Understanding the differences between Aggregators and Platforms is essential for knowing how to compete, partner with, and regulate large companies.
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Understanding the differences between platforms and Aggregators is critical when it comes to considering regulation.
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It is all but impossible to beat an Aggregator head-on, as Walmart is trying to do with Amazon. The solution instead is to build a platform like Shopify.
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Understanding the differences between aggregators and platforms matters for companies interacting with them and also regulators considering antitrust.
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Shopify Lowers Developer Fees, Scaling Digital Suppliers, The Power of App Stores
Shopify is lowering fees for developers, which makes sense given it is operating an app store, the Internet’s most powerful business model.
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The Lightness of Windows
The Windows 11 announcement was fun and interesting, but there is a reason that Windows is no longer the center of Microsoft’s business.
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Distribution and Demand
Distribution on the Internet is free; what matters is controlling demand. AT&T and Verizon didn’t understand the distinction.
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More on Visa-Plaid, European Commission v. Amazon, Spotify Updates
Should regulators be able to see the future, and a reminder that Aggregators are good for customers and suppliers. Then, Spotify starts selling demand, and potentially podcasts.
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Platforms in an Aggregator World
Facebook Shops are good for Shopify merchants, but bad for Shopify; the answer is to push more into the real world.
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Regulating Demand, Ad Targeting and Unintended Consequences, Expedia CEO Out
Google’s continued dominance may not be intransigence, but rather the difficulty of regulating demand. Then, how Apple helps Google and Facebook, and Barry Diller isn’t blaming Google.