@[email protected]M to [email protected]English • 2 years agoDusk: Unpopular opinion: I'd rather pay Valve 30% and put up with their de facto monopoly than help Epic work towards their own (very obviously desired) monopolytwitter.commessage-square499fedilinkarrow-up1835
arrow-up1835external-linkDusk: Unpopular opinion: I'd rather pay Valve 30% and put up with their de facto monopoly than help Epic work towards their own (very obviously desired) monopolytwitter.com@[email protected]M to [email protected]English • 2 years agomessage-square499fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoA monopoly is defined as a single seller or producer that excludes competition from providing the same product By this definition, Epic games would be a monopoly with its exclusives.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoThat’s not at all what a monopoly is, it’s simply the absence of competition aka the market position. You don’t have to engage in anti-competitive practices to havw a monopoly, I don’t get why that’s so hard to understand for many here…
A monopoly is defined as a single seller or producer that excludes competition from providing the same product
By this definition, Epic games would be a monopoly with its exclusives.
That’s not at all what a monopoly is, it’s simply the absence of competition aka the market position. You don’t have to engage in anti-competitive practices to havw a monopoly, I don’t get why that’s so hard to understand for many here…