nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year 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.comexternal-linkmessage-square479fedilinkarrow-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.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square479fedilink
minus-squareTheBlue22linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year 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-squareGamey@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year 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-squareTheBlue22linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year 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.