openbsd mastery not in kindle store

see also: Latency Budget · Platform Risk

context shard

A publisher explained why OpenBSD Mastery was excluded from Amazon’s Kindle store, pointing to platform rules and gatekeeping (source). It surfaces a quiet tension between distribution reach and platform control.

signal stack

• Gatekeeping shapes what becomes accessible.
• Platform rules can override author intent.
• Distribution depends on compliance, not just quality.
• The dynamic mirrors Trust in Platforms.

take line

Distribution power is a policy layer disguised as a marketplace.

link trail

This links to Trust in Platforms and Platform Accountability Cluster and I Am Not a Supplier.

open loop

What alternate distribution paths reduce platform dependence?