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Short answer: No.

Long answer: Depends.

If it's a first exclusive, of course that is perfectly fine. Or a third party exclusive that the platform maker helps pay for the development of.

The only time it is anti-consumer is if it was a game that would have launched on the competing platform anyway, especially when the majority of the fanbase is on that platform, but another company pays for timed exclusivity. Even worse is when the game is announced for both platforms, but then a few weeks/months before launch it is announced to be a timed exclusive.