No company should have that kind of market leverage, no. The issue though is saying this makes them a monopoly. It’s shit behavior but then if that ability makes a company a monopoly, we should be busting down a lot of company doors that do/did the same thing. Looking at Wal-Mart, nearly every major ISP in the USA, there’s a lot of that going on.
No. The issue is exactly what they stated. The law does not mention “monopoly.” It is against “monopolistic behaviors”, such as using your market dominance to force price parity. A game developer can’t afford to not be on Steam, because they have such strong market dominance. Valve knows this, and this is about them abusing this position to force price parity.
No company should have that kind of market leverage, no. The issue though is saying this makes them a monopoly. It’s shit behavior but then if that ability makes a company a monopoly, we should be busting down a lot of company doors that do/did the same thing. Looking at Wal-Mart, nearly every major ISP in the USA, there’s a lot of that going on.
No. The issue is exactly what they stated. The law does not mention “monopoly.” It is against “monopolistic behaviors”, such as using your market dominance to force price parity. A game developer can’t afford to not be on Steam, because they have such strong market dominance. Valve knows this, and this is about them abusing this position to force price parity.