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[–] Broken_Monitor@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Buy games on GoG when you can

[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago

I prefer to buy from Steam because they allow me to play my games easily and invest time and money in Linux which results in more freedom for all gamers. I've been very disappointed with GoG's record on Linux.

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu -5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

You still don't own them. Read their ToS.

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

They don't have to provide a way to install the games in perpetuity, but I'm pretty sure the ToS don't provide a way for them to stop you from keeping or running a DRM free copy you've downloaded.

So sure, the ToS says you don't own the game, but unlike ubisoft that puts that non-ownership into practice, GOG goes out of their way to make that legal non-ownership utterly meaningless. If you have a copy of the game, then you have a copy of the game.

[–] Broken_Monitor@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Back them up on a hard drive and their ToS doesn’t mean squat anymore. I guess that takes a little more effort and investment but if you want to own the game without DRM that will do it.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

ToS doesn't mean squat here if the law says otherwise. It's insane to me that US has this the reverse.

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's not just the US. You don't buy games from GOG, only licences which they can revoke at any time. This is not illegal.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Which doesn't matter, because you can download the DRM-free game and back it up.

Yeah, on GoG itself, it's licenses, there you are right.