PC Gaming

Steam does a lot of shitty things — including using gambling mechanics on kids and failing to moderate the neo-nazi clubhouse that are their forums — but they are not a monopoly and do not behave in a monopolistic or anticompetitive manner whatsoever. Their success and market share is genuinely earned on merits.

Personally, I would prefer GOG, but many games don’t release there, or release there much later. Epic could compete, but their heart is clearly not in it as they refuse to give customers features they want out of a platform and do engage in anticompetitive practices.

This is exactly why it's important for people to learn about how capitalism functions instead of how to identify morally condemnable behaviour. A liberal with think Steam is fine so long as they remain "horizontally" organized and Gaben remains the special boi he is, but will only be bad if it the company gets "greedy." There is no benefit to PC game distribution being controlled privately; any media distribution.

God so many people dont understand what a monopoly actually is. Listen carefully: despite the name MONOPOLY DOESN'T MEAN ONE!

You boot licking capitalist just can't get past this. God i wish the ghost of Teddy Roosevelt could arise to beat some sense into all of you.

I guess then MS doesn't have an OS monopoly, because you can not only buy an Apple computer, but also install Linux.

TL;DW: execs assume monopoly from market dominance, without taking into account other stores could contest said market dominance.

It's not stupid. Monopoly does not mean there's no competition. Google has been legally declared a monopoly and they have tons of competition.

Given how anti capitalist Lenny is purported to be I’m surprised how vehemently valve gets defended. There’s no good billionaire