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Re:Valve New Employee Handbook (2012) [pdf] by Shekelphile on Friday August 23, 2024 @11:46AM (#41329961)
You can go back in history and apply that logic to any company and claim they weren't monopolies as a result. Standard oil and AT&T had plenty of competitors, none were able to grow beyond extremely small scale.
Re:Valve New Employee Handbook (2012) [pdf] by AlexCoventry on Friday August 23, 2024 @12:03PM (#41330144)
The key question is whether an antitrust target is engaging in uncompetitive practices. I haven't noticed any claims of Steam/Valve using uncompetitive practices (but I could have simply missed them.)
Re:Valve New Employee Handbook (2012) [pdf] by j_maffe on Friday August 23, 2024 @12:21PM (#41330313)
Whether something is a monopoly and whether they've abused it in such a way that they should be struck with an antitrust suit are two different things. I don't think many would argue that Steam abused its monopoly.
Re:Valve New Employee Handbook (2012) [pdf] by Nuzzerino on Friday August 23, 2024 @12:30PM (#41330395)
Except Steam is neither.
Re:Valve New Employee Handbook (2012) [pdf] by Cyph0n on Friday August 23, 2024 @02:04PM (#41331413)
Making comparisons across industries & time periods is not going to work well, especially at a superficial level.