Rivalry between platforms resembles feudal fief wars, not market competition.

Evidence

Battles and rivalries like these, leading to the rise and fall of fiefs, were part and parcel of feudalism. At times, it took considerable effort to keep fiefs from falling into decline or conquest, especially after 1350 when the Black Death created acute labour shortages and serfs were able to leave one fief and migrate to another. But we should not confuse rivalry between fiefs with market-based competition. — Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism, 500

Categorization

• DEFINE: Draws the crucial line between fief-rivalry and market competition that underpins the feudalism analogy.
• XREF: The medieval serf-migration parallel connects to the ‘sacrifice’ essay’s treatment of historical feudal structures. — connects to: Competition among platforms produces four systemic tendencies in the economy — Nick Srnicek, Platform Capitalism, 82; Platforms remain bound to capitalist competition and profitability despite anti-capitalist rhetoric — Nick Srnicek, Platform Capitalism, 93; Platform competition shifts from price to data as the competitive criterion — Nick Srnicek, Platform Capitalism, 81
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism, 500

Broader Connections

• Competition among platforms produces four systemic tendencies in the economy #expands (0.85) — Nick Srnicek, Platform Capitalism, 82
• Platform competition shifts from price to data as the competitive criterion #expands (0.85) — Nick Srnicek, Platform Capitalism, 81
• Platforms remain bound to capitalist competition and profitability despite anti-capitalist rhetoric #complicates (0.75) — Nick Srnicek, Platform Capitalism, 93