@nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish • 9 months agoDusk: Unpopular opinion: I'd rather pay Valve 30% and put up with their de facto monopoly than help Epic work towards their own (very obviously desired) monopolytwitter.commessage-square481fedilinkarrow-up1822
arrow-up1822external-linkDusk: Unpopular opinion: I'd rather pay Valve 30% and put up with their de facto monopoly than help Epic work towards their own (very obviously desired) monopolytwitter.com@nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish • 9 months agomessage-square481fedilink
minus-square@TheBlue22linkEnglish2•9 months agoA monopoly is defined as a single seller or producer that excludes competition from providing the same product By this definition, Epic games would be a monopoly with its exclusives.
minus-square@Gamey@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglish1•9 months agoThat’s not at all what a monopoly is, it’s simply the absence of competition aka the market position. You don’t have to engage in anti-competitive practices to havw a monopoly, I don’t get why that’s so hard to understand for many here…
minus-square@TheBlue22linkEnglish1•9 months agoSteam has competion, and it’s market position is not 100% of the market. By your own defintion (of a pure monopoly), steam is not a monopoly.
A monopoly is defined as a single seller or producer that excludes competition from providing the same product
By this definition, Epic games would be a monopoly with its exclusives.
That’s not at all what a monopoly is, it’s simply the absence of competition aka the market position. You don’t have to engage in anti-competitive practices to havw a monopoly, I don’t get why that’s so hard to understand for many here…
Steam has competion, and it’s market position is not 100% of the market.
By your own defintion (of a pure monopoly), steam is not a monopoly.