Cloud Empires: How Digital Platforms Are Overtaking the State and How We Can Regain Control

by Vili Lehdonvirta and Vili Lehdonvirta

The rise of the platform economy into statelike dominance over the lives of entrepreneurs, users, and workers. The early Internet was a lawless place, populated by scam artists who made buying or selling anything online risky business. Then Amazon, eBay, Upwork, and Apple established secure digital platforms for selling physical goods, crowdsourcing labor, and downloading apps. These tech giants have gone on to rule the Internet like autocrats. How...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262047225
• ISBN13: 9780262047227
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.1"