Comment by palmotea

3 months ago

> The reality of the situation is: If it were enough of a problem that the bad outweighed the good, people wouldn't use it, but yet they still do, so it's not enough of a problem.

The key words are monopoly and lock-in. Those things can really scramble the bad vs good equation.

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b_e_n_t_o_n  3 months ago

Does Microsoft actually have a monopoly on anything these days? Maybe gaming? I saw its like 95% windows on Steam.

  • palmotea  3 months ago

    > Does Microsoft actually have a monopoly on anything these days? Maybe gaming? I saw its like 95% windows on Steam.

    Monopoly doesn't always mean 100% of the market. They're still the leader by far in desktop operating systems, and pretty much everyone who has a computer as work has an Office license allocated to them.

    • b_e_n_t_o_n  3 months ago

      No but a monopoly also doesn't mean a majority market share, or being so much better than the competition that everyone chooses you.