Something being popular because it works better than all its competitors is not a monopoly.
using price fixing
Accused of using price fixing, it’s an ongoing legal process.
If you’re going to criticize Valve do it by going after the incontrovertible stuff like benefiting massively from loot boxes (gambling, skimming off the secondary market) or providing “community tools” with very little support for moderation or protection from malicious reviews. There’s plenty to criticize.
/s? https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steammachine
You mean Steam… the monopolistic company that is using price fixing on the entire PC game industry?
Not exactly what I was thinking to be honest. It is certainly standard hardware on Linux that is supported by a community though, so it isn’t all bad.
Something being popular because it works better than all its competitors is not a monopoly.
Accused of using price fixing, it’s an ongoing legal process.
If you’re going to criticize Valve do it by going after the incontrovertible stuff like benefiting massively from loot boxes (gambling, skimming off the secondary market) or providing “community tools” with very little support for moderation or protection from malicious reviews. There’s plenty to criticize.