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[-] [email protected] 38 points 8 months ago

How do I posthumously prove anything?

Do I need a dead-man switch? Do they sell those?

[-] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago

I think a death certificate and your will are enough. Only one of the two is probably not enough.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

Wills aren't required and not everyone will have one.

I think the best course of action is to have a trust set up and have all of your assets under the trust. That's how my attorney set up my end of life tasks. It saves you problems with probate and taxes while also giving you flexibility if you want to change things.

[-] [email protected] 37 points 8 months ago

I’m guessing Steam decided against being able to leave your games to somebody else when you die because of how most EULAs I’ve read work: they are often non-transferrable licence and so in most cases the store has no choice in the matter. Now GOG are willing to say they will do what they can given this limitation, but I can see why Steam wouldn’t: it’s a whole lot of work for realistically not much benefit. It’s probably easier for Valve to gift the same games over to the new person.

[-] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago

Aren't all the games on GOG DRM-free? If so, there's not much difference here than giving someone a USB drive filled with the installers.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Pretty sure that's the technicality GoG is using when they keep saying all this sort of stuff. Their terms of service have effectively the same language about purchases only being a license that Steam does.

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[-] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago

And just like that, GOG rose to surpass Steam as the better place to buy video games.

[-] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago

It was already better as the games it sells are free of Digital Restrictions Management

[-] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Just call it malware. At least that's an honest name.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago

The only client I would willingly install alongside Steam

[-] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Funny how people like it when they actually provide value to you instead of only forcing an ad delivery/data collection tool on you, right?

[-] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

Correct me if I'm wrong: if you're a linux gamer then GOG doesn't support your platform, no?

[-] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Yes and no. They do have Linux binaries for games that support Linux, but GOG Galaxy is Windows. Heroic Launcher and others do support GOG.

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I even rebought some games I really care about on GOG.

[-] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago

Why can't they just take Linux users seriously. It's what's keeping me from buying more of their games and using them more.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

Market share. I know it's a meme but seriously, push Linux on people who will benefit from it.

My girlfriend is totally non-technical but I set her up with an old laptop running Debian and after a few months she loved it. No ads, no popups selling cloud storage, no forced reboots, and it doesn't crash. That's one more browser hitting websites without Windows in it's useragent string.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

How am I supposed to prove I am dead if I am dead? 🤔

I can just leave USB drives with all the offline installers in a box. Then I don't have to prove shit!

[-] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

How am I supposed to prove I am dead if I am dead? 🤔

Just send them a photo of you dead. Make sure to label it “This is me, dead”.

Or send them your dead body.

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

You get a death certificate

[-] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

As far as I know dead people don't receive a death certificate

[-] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yes they do, but their partner or child is allowed to get copies.

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[-] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago

I'm going to have a difficult time proving anything when I'm dead. Could perhaps someone who survived me provide such proof?

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[-] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago

How can I prove that I'm dead if I'm dead? The fuck?

[-] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

Postmortem selfie with the boys.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago
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[-] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago

No idea what bequeath means but it sounds badass so I support this

[-] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

bequeath /bĭ-kwēᴛʜ′, -kwēth′/
transitive verb
To leave or give (personal property) by will.
To pass (something) on to another; hand down.
"bequeathed to their children a respect for hard work."
To give or leave by will; to give by testament; -- said especially of personal property.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

It just means you are leaving it to someone when you die. It's the opposite of inheriting.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

It’s the complement of inherit.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Yes, that's more accurate. Thanks.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

It’s basically like a wetter, sloppier, longer version of a queef

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[-] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

And why is there a condition? Can't gift the whole library to someone?

[-] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

I assume this is an official way of claiming when you don't have login information.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

What if I swear on god FR FR?

[-] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Out of the loop here… what’s GOG?

[-] [email protected] 25 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Competitor to steam, it's selling points are DRM free games releasing old games in playable States for modern machines. They also sell contemporary games.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago

And owned by cd project (Witcher, cyberpunk)

[-] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Ahhh. Got it.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

gog.com (acronym of Good Old Games), an alternative store where you can buy DRM-free games.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Your answer in the form of a meme

[-] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

That is kinda hilarious ngl

[-] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Just leave your login information for the next of kin or whoever to use, no one will know any better.

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