Not OC, duh.

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[–] 16 points 6 months ago (11 children)

ow Linux dominates the server space.

Linux is free. Free cannot be monopoly. Bad comparison here.

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    Steam is also free unless I'm missing something?

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Steam is gratis to create an account, it is not free. All game purchases have a 30% tax, and you don't own the games you purchased.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Free can still be a monopoly. There is still a controlling group that decides the direction of linux and then entire ecosystem moves with that direction.

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    None of that is a monopoly. Ecosystems have fragmented before because of decisions and Linux wouldn't be immune to it. Alternative forks of entire ecosystems happen.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    A monopoly isn't a guarantee to always be a monopoly. It's just at a point in time.

    Linux isn't a monopoly obviously because windows and other operating systems exist but in a world where there was only Linux it being free and open source wouldn't change its monopoly status.

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