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I did not realize they were trying to compete in the first place.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Steam is hardly a monopoly.

There are plenty of successfully competing stores. The only real thing Steam has going for it is network effect that every gamer has an account therefore it's decent for socialising, but even that is being challenged by Discord and a multitude of others.

GamePass is probably the closest we're seeing to a potential monopoly. The purchase of activation should never have been permitted.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Steam's best feature is Proton.