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Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back
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Rebecca Giblin (Goodreads Author)

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Steph | bookedinsaigon is 76% done

Systemic problems require systemic issues. The authors advise that, if their suggestions feel too ambitious or unrealistic, to remember that 40-50 years ago those ways of doing business with creatives was the norm.

— Dec 11, 2025 03:07AM Add a comment

Steph | bookedinsaigon is 54% done

Daaaamn, so even the EU’s GDPR ended up helping Google’s monopoly and making it harder for smaller companies to get a foothold in the market?

— Dec 10, 2025 10:09AM Add a comment

Steph | bookedinsaigon is 34% done

Everything is even worse than I'd thought.

— Dec 10, 2025 02:20AM Add a comment

Steph | bookedinsaigon is 21% done

This is going to be the book that makes me finally give up Amazon for good. Ugh.

— Dec 09, 2025 11:59AM Add a comment

Steph | bookedinsaigon is 5% done

Chokepoint businesses spend money on capturing the market to benefit their stakeholders.

Well, fuck.

— Dec 08, 2025 11:16PM Add a comment

Steph | bookedinsaigon is 4% done

Today I learned that “monopsony” is when the market is controlled by the buyers (usually only one or several powerful, oligarchical ones), and not the sellers. Dayum.

— Dec 08, 2025 10:15PM Add a comment