Seems like buying games to remove them from your competitor is a scummier thing to do.

    • kinsnik@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      26 days ago

      I don’t know if valve are or aren’t abusing their monopolistic position. I am not a lawyer and i don’t have a horse in the race.

      I was just answering to someone who said “if you don’t like valve policies, dont publish your games there”, which would be true for a normal business, but specifically not true of a monopoly, which steam is, unquestionably

      Epic can do things much more freely, because they dont hold a monopoly on pc games

    • ripcord@lemmy.worldEnglish
      18·
      26 days ago

      hey, I’m going to give you a $5 Million exclusivity deal

      This isn’t something they need to.do, as they have a monopoly.

        • ripcord@lemmy.worldEnglish
          12·
          26 days ago

          I don’t understand the reply. I was replying to the topic. I’m not a fan of Epic either but people are being kinda stupid about some of the justifications for the hate.

      • doublah@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        41·
        26 days ago

        They could still compete on I don’t know, features, quality instead of anti-consumer practices.