Fuck Epic - The premier source for all Epic Games criticisms
Welcome to r/FuckEpic. This is a community where people can come to voice their personal opinions on what Epic Games is doing right and wrong with the Epic Games Store. All forms of discussion are encouraged, but please be mindful of the rules. Shitposting, threats of violence, racism etc. will not be tolerated.
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##RULES
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2. No brigading/harassment/uncensored usernames, etc.
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Pro-Epic comments will not mean a ban. Discussion is healthy.
However, spamming posts will be removed. Reposts will be removed with the exception of a repost becoming the main hub for discussion on that topic.
Off topic comments that do not pertain to the post at hand may be removed if it is deemed they contribute nothing and/or foster hostility at users. This mostly applies to political and religious debate, but can be applied to other things at the mod's discretion.
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Allowed posts include but are not limited to a pc game being exclusive to EGS, a pc game not being exclusive to EGS, and official sales numbers and Tweets regarding Epic. A link to a game page is considered advertising.
Avoid fear mongering or speculative posts until official confirmation of exclusivity.
Memes or posts about other platforms (Steam, GOG, etc.) can be allowed if they're informative and in good taste.
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If you need help either contact the official Epic Games support or ask your question here: r/EpicGamesPC
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If instead it's most probably user error e.g. "my Epic account got hacked" then it will likely be removed as it's misleading you into thinking it's Epic's fault when the user didn't secure their account properly.
Exceptions may be made for useful discussion; the "misleading" flair will then be applied.
This rule does not apply to simple opinions including pro-Epic opinions.
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Steam is pretty much a monopoly because I expect something like 90% of pc game sales go through them. The thing is that being a monopoly is not necessarily bad, or illegal. It is abusing your monopolistic power to exploit consumers that is. Steam doesn't generally seem to do that
See my other comment. You appear to have confused a monopoly with a dominant market position.
Oh yes I see it now. You posted it right after my response. And I do agree with what you say there. I however do believe that the destinction between a true monopoly and a dominant market position such as steam has is essentially irrelevant in this context. In a market economy you would expect very few (or even no ? ) true monopolies except those run by the state. And not being a true monopoly doesn't stop dominant firms from being able exploit monopolistic powers.
However my point is that steam doesn't exploit it's market position while it could definitely choose to. On that we seem to agree I think