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YongYea; Execs Stupidly Claim Steam Has A Monopoly And Get Mocked... (youtu.be)
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[–] CanadianCorhen@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

No? I’m going to stick with the actual definitions you ignored, the same ones you stopped responding to while downvoting like my toddler.

The best you’ve managed so far is inventing your own definition where a company only counts as a monopoly if it behaves badly and takes “monopolistic actions,” which is a neat little tautology. And you still haven’t shown a single definition that includes any of that.

In case you managed to not see, or forget, where i previously brought this up, here's a link so you can refresh yourself: https://lemmy.ca/post/55030092/20023839

Outsized market power, what left out are the actions taken to make such an outsized market power. Monopolies are not a passive that form all by themselves. They are created through expansion acquisition, and aggressive crushing of competition. Disney and Nintendo do these actions. Valve does basically… Nothing.

I agree valve hasn't done anything, but that isnt part of any definition of monopoly i've been able to discover, except for someone arguing in bad faith on the internet.