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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 9454918" data-attributes="member: 6801845">Nah.&nbsp; WotC and D&amp;D are not Amazon or Google.&nbsp; Those companies use many anti-competitive tools, such as Google handing payouts to ensure their search engine was the default which has led to antitrust rulings in federal court in the US.&nbsp; If you go back further, a historical example would be GM buying out all the public transit like trolley cars and bus services for the purpose of shutting them down so people were forced to buy cars.&nbsp; I don't see anything approaching that ever happening with D&amp;D.&nbsp; First, they learned their lesson and are now supporting 3PP more than ever.&nbsp; Even if WotC ever tried to control the market, there are plenty of other social pastimes out there.&nbsp; Nobody can ever be forced to play D&amp;D, much less use Sigil or DDB. The idea is that somehow Sigil is going to so dominate all VTTs that, along with DDB, the will gain such power in the TTRPG and VTT market that they're a virtual monopoly is borderline conspiracy theory with no real justification.&nbsp; It's making a mountain out of an imaginary molehill.&nbsp; D&amp;D may be the 800 pound gorilla but there's still plenty of competition. Sigil could, maybe someday, dominate the VTT environment but there are, and will continue to be, plenty of options.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 9454918, member: 6801845"] Nah. WotC and D&D are not Amazon or Google. Those companies use many anti-competitive tools, such as Google handing payouts to ensure their search engine was the default which has led to antitrust rulings in federal court in the US. If you go back further, a historical example would be GM buying out all the public transit like trolley cars and bus services for the purpose of shutting them down so people were forced to buy cars. I don't see anything approaching that ever happening with D&D. First, they learned their lesson and are now supporting 3PP more than ever. Even if WotC ever tried to control the market, there are plenty of other social pastimes out there. Nobody can ever be forced to play D&D, much less use Sigil or DDB. The idea is that somehow Sigil is going to so dominate all VTTs that, along with DDB, the will gain such power in the TTRPG and VTT market that they're a virtual monopoly is borderline conspiracy theory with no real justification. It's making a mountain out of an imaginary molehill. D&D may be the 800 pound gorilla but there's still plenty of competition. Sigil could, maybe someday, dominate the VTT environment but there are, and will continue to be, plenty of options. [/QUOTE]

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