aphonefriend

joined 5 months ago

Have him try deadlock. Valve is a much better option.

Keep going, I'm almost there.

The difference is he was a poor trying to pull himself up. Corporations are glorious entities that can do no wrong in American law.

[–] aphonefriend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Do you have a moment to talk about our Lord and Savior the guillotine?

There is a private server trying to stay as close to the original as possible and still going. Tera Starscape iirc

[–] aphonefriend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 4 weeks ago (7 children)

No, the existing "base line" price will stay as is for the poors. Those with slightly more money however....those will pay more.

[–] aphonefriend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 month ago

Isabelle from animal crossing rip and tear when?

[–] aphonefriend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 month ago (13 children)

Opinions aside, that's still not the legal definition of a monopoly.

Monopoly: Exclusive control by one group of the means of producing or selling a commodity or service.

Valve does not have exclusive control of the PC gaming market. The EGS funded lawsuit even says that in the docket. They are only suing on the grounds of the keys issue. I don't disagree with you that when Newell leaves, things COULD change, but you can't base the present on the possible future. At this time, steam is on "top" because the vast majority of users have voted with their wallet and time. Not because they are engaged in sweeping anti-competitive backdoor dealings. You know, like EGS does.

[–] aphonefriend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 1 month ago (16 children)

That's not what a monopoly is.

Epic had all the money in the world and tons of time (and users) to create a viable alternative. They didn't fail because valve squeezed them out, they failed because they refuse to improve their product. In fact, it could be said that Epic wanted to become the monopoly themselves. If they spent half as much effort on their product as they do on lawsuits and exclusivity deals, they would have been a viable competitor. But they didn't. At the end of the day, it sucks to use. Steam does not.

[–] aphonefriend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fallout was right.

[–] aphonefriend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)
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