[stale2002]

> Saying "just play a different game" is as unhelpful as saying "just buy a different phone"

No. This is a false comparision.

The smartphone market is a duopoly that is worth trillions of dollars.

Battle royale videos games are not that.

If fortnite eventually is worth trillions of dollars, and literally almost every single person in the world has to use it, on the same level that they use freaking smart phones, `then` we can use anti-trust law, or pro-competition laws on this now vital service.

But until then, it is a false comparison.

[michaelmrose]

Any particular game is merely a singular and temporary amusement no matter how temporarily pervasive the smartphone is the single most pervasive platform for communication, culture, work, and computation in the world. There can be no comparison.