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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The barrier to entry is a huge concern on whether something should be considered a monopoly or not. Extracting and refining oil is nowhere near the same as selling your videogame online. Today the barrier of entry for digital distribution incredibly low.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

And yet: 75%.

They can hand out keys with no strings attached, and it does not matter.