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Steam's new disclaimer reminds everyone that you don't actually own your games, GOG moves in for the killshot: Its offline installers 'cannot be taken away from you' (www.pcgamer.com)
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[โ€“] ouch@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If Steam stops working, you could replace the Steam API with the Goldberg emulator, and an already installed game should work, if there is no other DRM.

But yes, GOG is definitely better.

I just wish GOG Galaxy worked on Linux.

[โ€“] OhYeah@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Heroic launcher has been amazing