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Re:72% of devs believe Steam has a monopoly on PC games, acc... by teroshan on Wednesday November 05, 2025 @08:32AM (#45822631)
I'm still finishing my first read, but I really recommend Cory Doctorow's latest book [1] "Enshittification:Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What To Do About It" which covers the subject of tech monopolies and much more.

Reading it I learned about the term "monopsony" which is "a market in which goods or services are offered by several sellers but there is only one buyer" which is usually conflated with monopoly.

[1] https://www.versobooks.com/products/3341-enshittification

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Re:72% of devs believe Steam has a monopoly on PC games, acc... by plumthreads on Wednesday November 05, 2025 @08:51AM (#45822811)
This is really the key here. Many people are commenting their experience as a games buyers, but this article is about the developers. Monopsonies are usually linked to lower wages in labor markets. In this case lower profits for developers from selling their games.
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