Creators Reclaim Control Over Platform Value

In a Jan 2026 update of a 2006 essay, Scott Karp argues that labeling people as "users" rather than publishers enabled platforms to capture most economic value from the creator economy. Citing Grand View ($205 billion in 2024) and Goldman Sachs ($500 billion by 2027), the piece links platform monetization, algorithmic precarity, and generative-AI scraping to creator income instability and legal disputes in 2024–25.
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