ryujin470 to Gaming@beehaw.org • 2 months agoWhy Steam can be considered a monopolistic platform?message-square20fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10
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minus-square@TachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilink9•edit-22 months agoMono means one. There are multiple (more than one) other stores available.
minus-square@blackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.uklinkfedilink6•2 months agoMono does mean one, but that’s not the legal definition of a monopoly.
minus-square@TachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilink1•2 months agoI was simplifying it for OP. I’m also not a lawyer.
minus-square@Kissaki@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-22 months agopoly means many so if both mono and poly are in monopoly, why do you only pick mono, or why does only mono matter here?
minus-square@TachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilink1•edit-22 months agoBecause that’s the way i decided to dumb it down. Apparently it wasn’t dumbed down enough.
Mono means one.
There are multiple (more than one) other stores available.
Mono does mean one, but that’s not the legal definition of a monopoly.
I was simplifying it for OP.
I’m also not a lawyer.
poly means many
so if both mono and poly are in monopoly, why do you only pick mono, or why does only mono matter here?
Because that’s the way i decided to dumb it down. Apparently it wasn’t dumbed down enough.