gog make it pretty hard to like them, like putting AI slop on storefront and the recent email controversy they didn't really apologise for.

GOG needs a Linux app. Hero launcher is ok but I don't like needing another app to get to another app, it's like needing a car to get to my other car.

You’re still buying a license through GOG. It’s just that their delivery process makes it almost impossible to later take away the ability to install the software completely.

The problem with GOG is that most developers don't release on there. They are afraid of letting people buy their games without DRM.

Another problem with GOG is that their site is super broken on Firefox for some reason.

That said, whenever I'm looking to buy a game, I look on GOG first.

Should also be noted that it's basically impossible to get into gog as a small indie dev

It is essentially a "don't call us, we call you" situation

Are they? I'm at about 300 owned on GOG vs about 2 dozen on steam that where mostly via humble bundle.

i like how its dogs

They market it roughly like that, but without explicitly saying that you buy any more ownership than you would elsewhere. That's because you buy the exact same license rights, the difference is that they deliberately forgo an enforcement mechanism.

I think it's the best they can do, because otherwise the publishers wouldn't play ball. But still this licensing deal is not really what we want when we ask to own our copies.

Part of the issue is GoG still doesn’t do gift cards. You can easily send people there if they allow gift cards.

Another year of Steam for the nieces and nephews…I’ll inquire again next year.

My 4 most recently bought games are from gog.

Disappointing lack of devs putting their games on GOG these days. I feel like it used to be way more common, and that devs used to care more about computing history and culture.

I love GoG. It's my go to after Steam.