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[โ€“] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works -3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

If they dont even challenge then how are they competition?

That's equivocating two definitions of "competition."

no one is competing on PC

... that's admitting they have a monopoly. That's the monopoly we're talking about. You're not disagreeing with me, you're just picking unrelated definitions and talking about something else.

Steam's competitors, on PC, are services like GOG and EGS. Their teensy market share doesn't disqualify them as competitors. They are in the exact same market. That's why they have a "market share." And Steam's market share is so overwhelming that you're treating their would-be rivals like they do not exist.

[โ€“] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 0 points 12 hours ago

Upvoting 'no competitors means it's not a monopoly' is tribalism. Y'all don't care about the words. You are performing loyalty. Comments defending the ingroup must be good and smart and right... even if they're repeating the initial criticism.

'Steam's competition doesn't matter.' 'Wrong! They have no competition.' That's worse. You know that's worse, right?