In general yes Monopolies are not good. but the reason Steam gets away being the Monopoly it is simply because the compitetion fails at offering a better reason.
closest I think is GoG but they curate their library so strictly they can’t work as a primary market
Thank you. It’s crazy how many people support a monopoly until it does something they don’t like. Then it’s “where’s the competition? What are my options?” But they killed them and they did it gladly, thinking the monopoly wouldn’t turn on them.
Where are the alternatives to Windows? To Chrome? To Android? Or to Steam?
GoG has a very limited selection, and their lack of regional pricing makes them an absolute non-starter for most of the world.
Epic is a joke. It took them what, 3 years to implement a shopping cart? Followed by them having to scrap their entire system for a full rebuild because they did such a bad job. I don’t even bother collecting their free games, that’s how little I trust their shit. There’s a non-trivial chance they’ll just close the storefront at some point in the medium future, there’s no way they’re turning a profit on it.
As far as Steam monopoly is not good for anyone, at least they do some things right. Epic is good for weekly free games anyway.
In general yes Monopolies are not good. but the reason Steam gets away being the Monopoly it is simply because the compitetion fails at offering a better reason.
closest I think is GoG but they curate their library so strictly they can’t work as a primary market
Thank you. It’s crazy how many people support a monopoly until it does something they don’t like. Then it’s “where’s the competition? What are my options?” But they killed them and they did it gladly, thinking the monopoly wouldn’t turn on them.
Where are the alternatives to Windows? To Chrome? To Android? Or to Steam?
I’m not aware of any monopolistic behaviors from Valve? Can’t fault them for being successful I guess
We didn’t kill any alternative to Steam, there was never one in the first place.
Pretending GOG and Epic Games Store don’t exist is the same thing.
GoG has a very limited selection, and their lack of regional pricing makes them an absolute non-starter for most of the world.
Epic is a joke. It took them what, 3 years to implement a shopping cart? Followed by them having to scrap their entire system for a full rebuild because they did such a bad job. I don’t even bother collecting their free games, that’s how little I trust their shit. There’s a non-trivial chance they’ll just close the storefront at some point in the medium future, there’s no way they’re turning a profit on it.
So no, there’s no real alternative.