>How is steam a monopoly

It has 90% marketshare and has been shown to use its monopoly uncompetitively to force price parity on devs. Textbook definition.

>People would be excited for EGS just like they are for GoG,

People "like" GOG. I woildnt say they are "excited for it". The revenue of GOG these years don't reflect the supposed enthusiasm.

>EGS has a track record of anticonsumer behavior.

Anticonsumer isn't anti competitive. Especially not as a new player in the game. They can't brute force this stuff with money like a trillion dollar company could.

> Hell, steamOS is the opposite of a locked ecosystem.

I'll believe that when they release a full distro with all the feature the Steam Deck enjoys.