Comment on Steam is basically a PC gaming monopoly, so why isn’t anyone mad?
MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
I mean what, am I supposed to be ‘preemptively mad’ because they might become worse one day?
Like I don’t understand why I’m supposed to be mad, it’s a service that’s useful and good, maybe it won’t be one day but what am I going to do about that?
JillyB@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
The first step of enshittification is being very pro-user. All of the good will from your users will build you a dominant market position so you can squeeze them later. We should resist any company dominating any market. Just because valve hasn’t screwed you over personally doesn’t mean we should just lovingly accept market dominance. The more competitive the market, the better.
athatet@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
The first step of not enshit would also have to be pro user otherwise it’s just shit to begin with.
JillyB@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
I’m not saying they for sure will get worse. I’m saying that a market dominance gives them the incentive and ability to do it. In general, we should resist market dominance so that incentive and ability just isn’t there to begin with.