It’s no secret that I’m a fan of developmental psychologist Candice Odgers. I’ve mentioned her and her work on the site many times, and she was a guest on my podcast as well. She …
“platforms” don’t really add a lot of value, just some nice-too-have things like the ability to upload without using FTP (which CMSs can also do), and easing content discovery
That’s my point… it’s the applications (so-called “platforms”) that are the point of centralisation and control
the internet itself is very decentralised: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet
“platforms” don’t really add a lot of value, just some nice-too-have things like the ability to upload without using FTP (which CMSs can also do), and easing content discovery