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[–] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No, you were literally saying Epic was better than Steam

Point to where I said that.

paid exclusives

The same thing Steam did to secure its monopoly.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Point to where I said that.

Right here: https://lemmy.world/comment/18163814

The same thing Steam did to secure its monopoly.

That's not what the word monopoly means

[–] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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?

even if that ain't the dictionary definition

So not what that word means.

[–] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The "which one" was in reference to the original comment. Which was about Epic.

So not what that word means.

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%

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

The “which one” was in reference to the original comment. Which was about Epic.

So we were talking about epic. Glad we cleared that up.

Dictionaries generally (because each one is going to have a slightly different definition) define it as having complete control over a market.

So it's not a Monopoly then.

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%

And seeing as Valve appears to not be running afoul of these laws, not a Monopoly then.