[anuraj]

Very misleading article. No - platforms do not mean app market places. App market places are platforms - but not the other way round. Author is just trying to improve his offline SEO. Not worth Hackernews stature.

[sameer_singh17]

You're referring to the word "platform" as defined by certain academics. I'm referring to the term "platform" as defined by Marc Andreessen and Bill Gates - https://medium.com/breadcrumb/the-platform-matrix-all-platfo...