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That seems like frictionless spherical cows. Having a monopoly might happen for a very short time by being first, keeping one....

• shagie 4y ago
  The issue isn't having a monopoly (which Steam doesn't) but rather doing anti-competitive things to maintain the monopoly. Having a good product that people want and prefer to buy isn't anti-competitive. Establishing exclusive contracts with publishers and preventing something from being sold somewhere else for less is anti-competitive. I don't find it reasonable to claim that Steam is a monopoly in the PC gaming space (there might be an argument for it if one were to try to limit it to "games distribution platforms that run on Linux"). And even assuming that they did have a monopoly, they aren't using anti-competitive techniques to maintain it.
  • diffeomorphism 4y ago
    Correct and nobody claimed that.
    • shagie 4y ago
      There is a statement further up in the comment tree that states ".. it's just unethical to operate [a monopoly]." I'm trying to clarify that it's not unethical to have a monopoly, nor even maintain one - it is only unethical to maintain one in ways that are anticompetitive (and making the best product isn't anticompetitive).