Comment on Dutch gamers file €220 million claim against Valve, operator of game platform Steam

• dreamkeeper@literature.cafe ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Steam is absolutely a monopoly. It’s as clear as day you just don’t want to admit it.

  Even at its height, Standard Oil never controlled 100% of the market.

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  • Summzashi@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The only thing that’s clear here is that you have no idea what you’re talking about

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  • Soggy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m free to buy my PC games lots of places. Sometimes I go through GOG or itch.io. But I’ve uninstalled the Epic launcher and whatever Ubisoft calls theirs because they’re a worse experience than Steam in every way. It’s not a monopoly just because there’s a clear best option.

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  • Fluke@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    People genuinely choosing a certain option en masse doesn’t mean they have a monopoly, it means the competition are doing a fucking shit job.

    A monopoly is where there isn’t a choice, like water and sewerage companies, for example. This isn’t like that at all, and is therefore not a monopoly.

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