Your have no idea what your talking about, If that's all your seeing than you are just seeing what you want to see. This has never been about just wanting the steam store, this whole thing is how the epic store is basically screwing customers and people not being okay with it.
There are four main platforms that I've read discussions on, a lot of the comments I've seen echo a sentiment of disdain for using another launcher and complaining that Steam should be the only launcher to be used. These arguements have been made every time a major publisher has started their own launcher and have taken their first party games out of Steams launcher.
I never said that the protests weren't about just wanting steam to be the only store, I simply said that I had seen more comments in line with that thinking than I had on actual discussion about business practices. See further down as well.
"They want only Steam to exist" is wrong on so many levels.
As someone with a "Journalist" tag you should actually be extra careful to not sell your personal anecdotes as facts (while they aren't facts at all).
The whole "EPIC vs PC GAMING" discussion is such a huge and broad topic that "they want only Steam to exist" is such an arrogant and stupid statement. You shouldn't try to hottake such a complex situation.
I don't really understand your point about selling my anecdotes as fact. I quite specifically said in the comment that started all of this that "I see" more of one sentiment, one arguement, one reasoning, than the other. No where in that post did I ever say that this is fact and here is my source, because I don't have the source. It's anecdotal. It's my personal experience.
It's okay to disagree with me on that and counter it, it is what discussion is all about, but don't put words in my mouth or assume there is implication in my posts.