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> They could ban any given software from being able to run on Windows - maybe Chrome, maybe Steam, any competitor at all.

IIRC, this was the reason Valve created SteamOS: they feared Microsoft would use their control over Windows so that the only viable software store on PCs would be Microsoft's own store.

>>cesarb+(OP)
Like the App Store.

Hopefully we get the digital markets act over here for similar protections