• mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
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    4 days ago

    Upvoting ‘no competitors means it’s not a monopoly’ is tribalism. Y’all don’t care about the words. You are performing loyalty. Comments defending the ingroup must be good and smart and right… even if they’re repeating the initial criticism.

    ‘Steam’s competition doesn’t matter.’ ‘Wrong! They have no competition.’ That’s worse. You know that’s worse, right?

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      3 days ago

      Thats not what was said at all.

      No competition is not good. But Epic is worse competition, and GOG is halfhearted competition that is an ultimately worse experience for most people.

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        3 days ago

        You literally said “no one is competing on PC.”

        If you’re not arguing against calling that a monopoly, I’m pretty fuckin’ sure everyone else missed it.

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          3 days ago

          That’s half my sentence, dont add a full stop where there wasn’t one in quotes. It makes you a liar.

          No one is competing on PC because

          And then I list reasons why i don’t see the alternatives as credible competition.

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            3 days ago

            “Because” doesn’t change what we’re talking about. You said: “no one is competing on PC”. That’s a monopoly. That’s you, calling Steam a monopoly. Do you understand that? Saying ‘Steam is a monopoly because…’ would not change that.