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minus-square@madcaesarlink1•8 hours agoYea, the same way youtube isn’t a monopoly… Except for all practical purposes it is.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•8 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-square@Sarynlink2•edit-27 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.
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.