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72% of devs believe Steam has a monopoly on PC games, according to study (www.gamesindustry.biz)

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[–] Ledivin@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

but they do have enough market power to be considered a monopoly

Bullshit. Being the most popular platform does not automatically make a monopoly, this is armchair lawyer nonsense.

[–] Mk23simp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 days ago

It's true that I am not a lawyer, so feel free to not take what I say as what the law says. I think that the law certainly should consider Steam to be a monopoly with its level of market power, even if it doesn't currently.

From what I have heard from actual lawyers, monopolies are not currently illegal under US law anyways. They're only illegal when combined with anticompetitive practices. That's my best understanding as a non-lawyer, anyways.