# Platform-Dependent Afterlife **Domain:** Digital Afterlife / Platform Governance **Doc Type:** Canonical Concept **Maturity:** Developed **Evidence / Concept Status:** Corpus synthesis ## Definition A **Platform-Dependent Afterlife** is a postmortem digital presence whose persistence, identity, access, and functionality depend on one commercial platform's continued operation and terms. ## Continuity Significance It is the direct opposite of portable continuity and illustrates why provider survival cannot be the sole continuity guarantee. ## Existing Architecture / Evidence Memorial accounts, subscription afterlife services, cloud-hosted replicas, and griefbots can exhibit platform dependence. ## Evidentiary Boundary / Red-Team Note Platform dependence describes architectural concentration, not malicious intent. ## Related Ontology [[wiki/Second Loss|Second Loss]] · [[wiki/Privateered Continuity|Privateered Continuity]] · [[wiki/Provider Mortality|Provider Mortality]] · [[wiki/Continuity Commons|Continuity Commons]]