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Steam ils not cool. Steam is a monopoly position. This egemony need to end. We need many actors not just one.
Both things are currently true, they are a monopoly which is not good, but they are also acting nicely for the most part and not fucking people over despite their position
they are a monopoly
They are not, they're just a really good service so people use them more than the others
Epic, GOG, Itch, etc. still exist and are widely used
Yea, the same way youtube isn't a monopoly... Except for all practical purposes it is.
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.
A company does not need total market share to be a monopoly even in legal terms