1. Obtaining a monopoly by [various reasons] is legal

Steam is not a monopoly

Am I missing something here? Just because Steam doesn't violate the (comparatively weak) US antitrust law does not make it not a monopoly. Especially when there are clearly legal ways to have a monopoly according to point 2 and point 3.

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  • [–] 0 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

    Huh? Steam is absolutely a monopoly in PC game sales.

    Monopoly doesn't mean there are no alternatives. It means controlling an overwhelming share of the market.

    Even Google has a monopoly w.r.t. search engines despite controlling less of its market than Steam does. If your site is deindexed by Google alone you might as well not exist for most of the population.

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  • Plus the average US car consumes much more fuel than the average UK car. So your 2x expense would quickly become a 3-4x expense. A Ford F350 truck happens to be slightly less efficient than a Ford Focus.

    But seriously, dirt cheap fuel has caused the demand for fuel efficient vehicles to be near zero in the US. No one would drive these stupid trucks otherwise.

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  • The sample size is more than sufficient to make these statements. The only flaw is that all participants are from Norway so there may be selection bias.

    2200 people would be enough for a phase 3 clinical trial with a lot of participants. You know, the type of study after which your medication/treatment will be approved if successful:

    Phase III studies are randomized controlled multicenter trials on large patient groups (300–3,000 or more depending upon the disease/medical condition studied) and are aimed at being the definitive assessment of how effective the drug is, in comparison with current 'gold standard' treatment.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phases_of_clinical_research

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  • [–] 49 points 5 days ago (4 children)

    Most people don't understand why this is a good thing.

    On these platforms the consumer is the importer. Meaning there is absolutely zero consumer protection happening. If whatever you import is toxic/dangerous/not working as advertised you can do jack shit.

    Forcing these companies to build warehouses in the EU makes them the importer and actually liable for all the toxic junk sold.

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    Der Hitzerekord in Deutschland wurde erneut gebrochen: Laut den vorläufigen Daten des Deutschen Wetterdiensts (DWD) wurden in Saarbrücken-Burbach um 15 Uhr 41,4 Grad gemessen. An der Wetterstation war bereits am Freitag die bisherige Allzeit-Höchstmarke von 41,2 Grad eingestellt worden.

    Nach den vorläufigen Daten des DWD hielt der Hitzerekord aus Saarbrücken nur kurz. Wie ein Sprecher des Wetterdiensts der Nachrichtenagentur AFP sagte, wurde an der Messstation in Drewitz im Jerichower Land in Sachsen-Anhalt gegen 16.30 Uhr eine Temperatur von 41,5 Grad verzeichnet.

    Eine Person steht in der Mitte des Bildes und schaut nach vorne mit Schrift "Saarbrücken, 15:00 Uhr". Wenige Centimeter dahinter, ohne dass es die vordere Person ahnt, steht eine größere Person mit Schrift "Drewitz, 16:30".
     

    Vielen Dank an Daniel Born, der der AfD einen Bärendienst erwiesen hat.

    Wie kommt ein Politiker überhaupt auf so eine blöde Idee? Leidet die SPD auch noch unter chronischer Kurzsichtigkeit neben den Magenbeschwerden?

    Ohne Verschwörungstheorien zu verbreiten würde ich mir mal wünschen, dass sein Konto kontrolliert wird. Sein Verhalten ist ja beinahe eine zu perfekte Ausrede für sämtliches Naziverhalten von AfDlern.

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