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The ability of intermediary platforms to capture value disproportionate to their contribution because they control access between creators and audiences. This rent-seeking is possible because the internet lacks native creator-audience payment channels.
A platform takes 30% of creator revenue not because it provides 30% of the value, but because it controls the connection to the audience. Creators cannot bypass the platform because there's no alternative value-transfer mechanism.
Internet Section 6