Thin Platforms – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

Reading time: 17mins

Tech industry analyst, Ben Thompson (@benthompson) describes the rise of a very specific type of platform, the "thin platform." Though it's a relatively long read, he covers a good amount of history (useful for those newer to the industry) and the implications of the "thin platform" using examples from Microsoft, Stripe (and I'd include Shopify here too).