The Duff CEO with a Windows-Logo on his forehead: "Gamers use Windows because of its' user experience not our de facto monopoly."
Next Image: Duff CEO with Windows-Logo in front of a "Out of Business" sign. Subtitle: "30 minutes after SteamOS is released"
Edit: Yo, I'm not saying this is gonna happen. I just want to say that Windew's UX sucks ass.
Libertarian much? The free market can and does create monopolies all the time. Libertarian philosophy doesn't believe it because it's an obvious flaw.
None of that explains how "devs make more money selling on Steam" makes Steam a monopoly. Especially when as you've already said Epic has tried to pay devs directly for exclusivity as well give them a larger % of sales.
Devs make more money selling in Steam because all the customers are there. I know that accepting this means accepting libertarian philosophy is deeply flawed, but it isn't that complicated.
Your attempts at Ad Hominin in no way argues that Steam is a monopoly.
"People shop at Store A instead of Store B" does not necessitate that Store A is a monopoly. Maybe Store B is shit.
And what did the horrible fanboys do? Boycott any dev who dared to accept an Epic deal.
So developers were forced to ditch Epic or lose sales.
Crying "fanboys" does not make Steam a monopoly.