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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Except for all practical purposes it is.

Except it's not, because you can go to multiple other sources

More than YouTube, even, and even YouTube isn't a full monopoly, though it's a lot closer than Steam is

Monopolies aren't just "big companies' you know

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

You're right - monopolies aren't just big companies. But a lack of monopoly is also not simply having access to alternatives. You can have all kinds of alternative services - that notion alone does not disprove the claim that Steam is a monopoly.