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Google made the same argument in this case, but Epic responded by saying that impairing the competition is sufficient to describe the behavior as unlawful. Like Google, Valve control the vast majority of the market, charge a fee that is way above the cost of service, and have rules that make the competitors less appealing. Like this one:
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You mean like Play Store?
What? Oh FFS. Context. Yes, Play Store has competitors, so yes absolutely a lot.
The landlord also has several competitors, but when he gets all the properties for himself and the rest gets almost nothing he's a monopolist, no? Look what Microsoft and google and hundreds of other companies did to become Monopoly.
If you're thinking steam isn't a monopoly then why is it nearly impossible to create a gaming platform that competes with these giants? If you can't even enter the market because of ONE company, then something is very wrong.
(Not talking about epic or gog. I mean totally new platforms)
You're contradicting yourself
If I wanted to start a power grid company, I would need a fuckton of money as well. It's called a natural monopoly.
On the other hand starting a new gaming platform is just like competing with a national power grid company. It's nearly impossible. You become a target that's on sight from all angles. At that moment you're prone to pretty much every anti competitive tactic.
Tell me why no one is trying to overtake steam and why companies that actually try, are being flushed.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_monopoly
Yeah, you have 0 knowledge about app economy. Servers, infrastructure, production, employees are all free. Go compete with steam using your $1 cloud hosting. Bye.
I said it in another comment. You have 0 awareness in the conversation you initiated.