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I'll be honest, I downvoted you, but because of the incredibly condescending tone, and for arguing against a point that literally no one has brought up in this post. I'm sorry you've run into dumbasses elsewhere that have wrongly tried to claim Steam isn't a monopoly, but complaining about them and arguing against them in a post that they haven't shown up in isn't productive.
I refuse to be shamed on tone when every approach sees the same response.
A coy eye-roll which you cannot imagine anyone disagrees with gets brusquely scoffed at. Pointing out that people absolutely disagree with it gets treated like heavy messing.
Dry statements get downvoted.
Direct responses get downvoted.
Detailed overviews get downvoted.
Oblique implications get downvoted.
Direct application with context gets downvoted.
If I can't win I don't play. Steam is a monopoly and people are fucking weird about it. You supposedly agree with me and you're still treating me the same way these "dumbasses" do. If I pretend they don't exist I get more predictable bullshit. If I acknowledge they exist it's my fault somehow. How about no?
You're not being downvoted here because you're wrong. You're being downvoted here because you're bringing up this argument you had with other people outside of this thread in a way that provides zero context and in an accusatory tone.
Even your "Dry statement" was just uncalled for. We get it. You learned what monopoly means and you wanna share it with the world. You even go so far as to say Alan Wake took so long to make a profit because Valve is a monopoly. OK sure Valve is a monopoly. Maybe, it's one reason AW took forever to turn a profit. But you know what else could cause that? Epic absolutely sucking.
I'm not asking you to feel shame, just explaining why I thought your comment was deserving of a downvote. It wasn't intended to be personal, just informational.
And which angle would not receive the same "information?"