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never said they are

Again it is not a monopoly if the competition is simply dogshit

you took that completely wrong

You are claiming valve is a monopoly though

My point stands

Monopolization cannot be attributed to the competition simply being dogshit

I'd say vaIve'd be a monopoIy if they tried to squash other services by either puIIing games somehow, purchasing excIusivity rights, or something aIong the Iines of that

but they aren't doing anything Iike that

True asf ngl

....egs is trying to but their service is abysmaI so no one wants it

An actual example of a similar monopoly would be Internet Explorer back in the 90s where MS got served a suit

It was not because the competition was dogdhit

Every single PC store is literally ass

It was because every home computer had IE

Except Steam

You were forced to use IE essentially

And Microsoft deliberately limited competition

i mean they own 95% of the PC market through windows

No antitrust suit against Valve will hold

But is windows the only option today

No

there are more

but not as well known

I dont see anyone gaming on a mac

Exactly and therefore not a monopoly because there is competition

those that choose others get others
a monopoIy'd be if windows IiteraIIy wouId do everything in it's power to shut down anyone entering it's space

Again it does not matter how good the competition is

It only matters if competition is limited

By something that’s not how good it is

Standard Oil back in the day bought all the oil companies

They were a monopoly because no competition was possible

Because any competition was bought out

It was not because their competitors were dogshit

Its okay dairy

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