The platform economy has four false bundles that concentrate power and extract profits for the platform. These false bundles include bundling markets with agents, bundling actor accreditation with market-making, bundling data capture with recommendation systems, and bundling listing exclusivity with market access.

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False bundles in the platform economyFalse bundle #1: Bundling markets with agentsFalse bundle #2: Bundling actor accreditation with market-makingFalse bundle #3: Bundling data capture with recommendation systemsFalse bundle #4: Bundling listing exclusivity with market accessThe real business of platformsReimagining the internet

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