monopoly is when new competitors are prevented from being formed or from being competitive.
like google has a monopoly on android, because without their proprietary services taking over full control the phone, manufacturers are not allowed to install the play store, and without play store, users won’t have access to lots of apps they need. this is including government and banking apps, some of which don’t have a standalone webapp.
together with apple, they form a duopoly, because these apps everybody expects to have access to are not available on other mobile operating systems. for one because the apps are made with an incompatible technology, but also because these platforms are working hard to prevent functional compatibility layers being built for other operating systems, e.g. with play integrity verification or the pairip tool.
these are monopolies and a duopoly because they actively prevent competitors from forming. is steam doing something along those lines?
The only thing they used to get there is the advanced technique of providing a good service
I think we already have the answer. steam does not do anticompetitive practices.
that’s not a monopoly.
monopoly is when new competitors are prevented from being formed or from being competitive.
like google has a monopoly on android, because without their proprietary services taking over full control the phone, manufacturers are not allowed to install the play store, and without play store, users won’t have access to lots of apps they need. this is including government and banking apps, some of which don’t have a standalone webapp.
together with apple, they form a duopoly, because these apps everybody expects to have access to are not available on other mobile operating systems. for one because the apps are made with an incompatible technology, but also because these platforms are working hard to prevent functional compatibility layers being built for other operating systems, e.g. with play integrity verification or the pairip tool.
these are monopolies and a duopoly because they actively prevent competitors from forming. is steam doing something along those lines?
I think we already have the answer. steam does not do anticompetitive practices.
I think you should do a little bit of research on this. Even just a tiny little bit. Literally the smallest non-zero amount will do.