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

> 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.

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

> Maybe gaming

Only if you limit scope desktop gaming, sure. 75% of gaming market share is on mobile and consoles.

Oh true.

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