No, you were literally saying Epic was better than Steam because Epic is doing the same scummy things but just wasn’t around when Steam started doing it.
I never made any claims as to whether I felt those practices are problematic or not, I just pointed out that they both do it so it’s irrelevant in the comparison.
Epic is worse than Steam because of its aggressively anti-consumer practices like paid exclusives.
I was listing all the bad things Steam does and never mentioned Epic. That’s on you projecting so much.
You used the phrase “which one” a lot. That is incoherent nonsense unless you are talking about at least 2 entities. “Which one” was the second entity?
You are literally saying that the Epic store doing the same scummy things as Steam, makes it worse than Steam.
This is why gaming is in the shape it’s in.
No, you were literally saying Epic was better than Steam because Epic is doing the same scummy things but just wasn’t around when Steam started doing it.
I never made any claims as to whether I felt those practices are problematic or not, I just pointed out that they both do it so it’s irrelevant in the comparison.
Epic is worse than Steam because of its aggressively anti-consumer practices like paid exclusives.
Point to where I said that.
The same thing Steam did to secure its monopoly.
Right here: https://lemmy.world/comment/18163814
That’s not what the word monopoly means
I was listing all the bad things Steam does and never mentioned Epic. That’s on you projecting so much.
Monopolies are defined by having a large enough market share, even if that ain’t the dictionary definitions you Steamboys cling so tightly too.
You used the phrase “which one” a lot. That is incoherent nonsense unless you are talking about at least 2 entities. “Which one” was the second entity?
So not what that word means.
The “which one” was in reference to the original comment. Which was about Epic.
Words can have multiple meanings in different contexts.
Dictionaries generally (because each one is going to have a slightly different definition) define it as having complete control over a market.
Whereas a lot of the monopoly laws and departments define it as having over a certain percentage of the market share, even if it isn’t 100%
So we were talking about epic. Glad we cleared that up.
So it’s not a Monopoly then.
And seeing as Valve appears to not be running afoul of these laws, not a Monopoly then.