How does them giving free games have anything to do with their desire for a “monopolistic” market share? Couldn’t they just do the same if they wanted any market share?

Yes but they used it as an adjective, not a verb.

Man, I flew to a Korean last year for around $800 a ticket but I CANNOT find anything under 1k this year so far. And I’ve been looking all year, I even use most of these tricks… I’m afraid flying there is just a lot more expensive now 😞

Not that I disagree but that kinda of mentality is how we got here imo. “That’s a problem for the future.”