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minus-squaregamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·9 hours ago they are a monopoly They are not, they’re just a really good service so people use them more than the others Epic, GOG, Itch, etc. still exist and are widely used
minus-squareTrainguyrom@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoA company does not need total market share to be a monopoly even in legal terms
minus-squaremadcaesar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·9 hours agoYea, the same way youtube isn’t a monopoly… Except for all practical purposes it is.
minus-squaregamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 hours ago Except for all practical purposes it is. Except it’s not, because you can go to multiple other sources More than YouTube, even, and even YouTube isn’t a full monopoly, though it’s a lot closer than Steam is Monopolies aren’t just "big companies’ you know
minus-squareSaryn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-28 hours agoYou’re right - monopolies aren’t just big companies. But a lack of monopoly is also not simply having access to alternatives. You can have all kinds of alternative services - that notion alone does not disprove the claim that Steam is a monopoly.
They are not, they’re just a really good service so people use them more than the others
Epic, GOG, Itch, etc. still exist and are widely used
A company does not need total market share to be a monopoly even in legal terms
Yea, the same way youtube isn’t a monopoly… Except for all practical purposes it is.
Except it’s not, because you can go to multiple other sources
More than YouTube, even, and even YouTube isn’t a full monopoly, though it’s a lot closer than Steam is
Monopolies aren’t just "big companies’ you know
You’re right - monopolies aren’t just big companies. But a lack of monopoly is also not simply having access to alternatives. You can have all kinds of alternative services - that notion alone does not disprove the claim that Steam is a monopoly.