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Because he's the ceo of a for profit american tech corporation that managed to hook up people into a proprietary walled garden that over the years developed into a close-like monopoly
That walled garden has a huge welcome mat and door.
Other stores can literally add an icon in steam and add their purchased games to the steam interface (like emudeck does)
And there is no attempt by steam to block you from the desktop to install other things, or even other stores (like ps5, switch or Xbox).
Finally, consoles are likely more popular these days. One of the prerequisites of a monopoly would be that you've got a majority of the share overall and can dictate the market.. Steam can't really
Imagine if you or your kids walk into a toys store and you are asked for your credentials just to get in and if you want to buy a game you have to provide your telephone number and tell them where you live. The huge welcome sign outside the store are ads auzy
Where can you buy games where you don't provide that info?
You'd need it any time they pay by credit card