• JohnEdwa
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      I think you don’t know what that word means.

      Heck, even if you want to blatantly ignore every other platform and site you can buy games from, which there are plenty, Valve gives devs a supply of Steam keys they can sell anywhere they want, they don’t even get a cut from those despite providing the bandwidth to distribute the files.

    • @TJDetweiler@lemmynsfw.com
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      113 months ago

      They aren’t really a monopoly. You can purchase games elsewhere. They are simply the gold standard of gaming platforms.

    • @turtletracks@lemmy.zip
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      A monopoly on what? PC game storefeonts? Itch.io, gog, epic, gamepass, some are better than others, but steam isn’t anti-competition

    • @cybermass@lemmy.ca
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      32 months ago

      The reason they hold most of the market share is not because of bad business practices it’s because the opposite. People use their service cause it’s the best.

      The gov only considers a large business a monopoly if it’s doing anti competitive practices to maintain or grow it’s market share. That description in no way fits steam or valve.

      • @GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world
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        The reason they hold most of the market share is not because of bad business practices it’s because the opposite. People use their service cause it’s the best.

        I have physical copies of PC games that require a Steam Account.

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          Which is why you don’t have physical copies of those games - you bought a steam key, exactly like you could have done digitally from humblebundle of greenmangaming or myriad of other stores, this one just had it printed on a piece of paper instead of sending you an email.

          A Steam key Valve didn’t get a cut from, btw.