A review by beccagomezfarrell
Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back by Cory Doctorow, Rebecca Giblin

informative inspiring medium-paced

Definitely needed to screw my brain on more tightly a few times while reading this description of how our creative distribution platforms have become monopsonies, controlling both the buying and selling of creative products, thus forcing both publishers/labels and the writers/artists/photographers to adhere to their demands once they've developed monopolies on user attention. It covers several case studies--Amazon, Spotify, Youtube, for example--and spends the second half of the book discussing ways that consumers and creative labor can wrest their power back from these companies.