This kind of whining and pearl clutching HAS to be funded by the shitty pretender platforms who can’t fucking hack it with their alternative business models. The market will tell, as these types love to fall back on as an argument, and the reason Steam does so well is because it’s consistent, accessible, and minimally invasive in the face of any complaints I’ve ever seen levied against it. When Epic stops shitting its pants, and Luna offers something original and competitive, we’ll see a change in this ‘monopoly’ status, but crying about it isn’t going to change the fact that Steam remains a quality product running at high efficiency. It’s Gabe’s game to lose, if he decides to exclude more producers and increase fees and profits for the company, that’ll hurt it, but this stinky rag article isn’t doing shit but telling on itself.