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how is this acknowledging piracy ?
I guess they don’t realize GOG is DRM free as part of their business model?
Probably because they think DRM=anti pirate and not “You don’t actually own this”
Selling only DRM-free games has always be GOG’s whole thing (well, that and selling oldies compatible with modern OS), it’s weird that this meme specifically would be considered “aknowledging piracy”
Like, maybe if the final bit was saying the friends without accounts did like it there might be something there, but simply acknowledging DRM free I’m not seeing it
Everything nowadays that attempts to give back a little autonomy or freedom to the user is called piracy.
As long as an app could theoretically be used for piracy, even if it was made to circumvent toxic behavior of users’ bought and paid for products, then it must be properly labelled as piracy and taken down.
I’ll better stop before this becomes a rant.
To me, the meme acknowledges that GOG installers are shared in groups, which is piracy since the other people didn’t pay for it. (That doesn’t mean it’s bad btw.)
My friend, I regret to inform you that you are misunderstanding the meme
Yeah that seems like a bit of a stretch. That meme read to me like “Oh, you’re having problems with the DRM? I don’t have that problem,” not “Hey guys, here’s the GOG installer for X game.”
Otherwise, why would the other people in the group chat not like the vibe?
Good guy GOG wants you to actually own your own games, forever.
Then why do their ToS say they only give you a revocable license when you “”““buy””“” a game?
Drm-free isn’t piracy
ALL ANTI-CHEAT IS SPYWARE.
ALL DRM IS THEFT.
*malware
… also a violation of the CFAA
spyware is a subset of malware
yup
I saw a really cool concept for “Anti piracy” some time ago. It works by having a lot of little achievements which represent you progress. So each time you start the game it checks for which achievements you have and the loads your progress according to your achievements.
I own and buy games from GOG. Especially if its a game i like. That way its actually mine. I hope they never change.
It’s not yours. You buy a revocable license. Read their TOS.
How are they going to take the file off my computer?
Mr. GOG comes to your house and destroys the drive you’re storing the game on
Same as every other store with DRM: they won’t. Still doesn’t mean you own your games.
Right, but a store with DRM can effectively prevent me from playing the games, that’s where my ownership effectively ends.
With GOG, there’s no DRM. So in all senses except some weird philosophical context, I do own the game. I paid money and received a file(s) that I can relocate, make backups of, burn to disc, archive, etc.
You could argue that if they revoke the license and I continue using the file that I have on my computer, that I’m now committing piracy, but that’s getting into a big technicality
Gog has no drm. So effectively who cares.
does it matter if that license is only needed to download the game? once you have it downloaded, it doesn’t matter if the license gets revoked (it only grants you the ability to download the game, and use galaxy online/social features such as achievements and multiplayer)
Meme doesn’t make sense in this context, but do love me some GOG.
To me, the meme acknowledges that GOG installers are shared in groups, which is piracy since the other people didn’t pay for it. (That doesn’t mean it’s bad btw.)
Isn’t it great how twenty six people in a community about privacy downvoted your reasonable comment. Can’t wait or them to downvote this one too. We’re not in this group to jeer piracy and villainize it.
We’re here to celebrate it!
Wouldn’t the last part need to say “really do like” instead if that’s what it was about?
No, it does not.
I love GOG for not having DRM.
It makes pirating shit I want to check out before I buy way easier and safer because I just need to find the GOG installer instead of some dubious crack.
Thanks, GOG, for giving me the ability to demo games to see if they are actually worth the price. 👍
How do you know if its the legitimate gog installer and not some malware?
Nice!
I like GoG because I can download an executable and load it into wine, which is less easy with steam for Mac. Though they make that harder these days than they used to.
I know the Mac isn’t ideal for gaming but I don’t want to buy a whole other computer and have to deal with KVM and monitor switching just to play games that were released in 2004.
On Linux I install lutris, log into gog from there, and use that. It’s nice.
Heroic Games Launcher is great for GOG. I use it on all 3 to get my games running.
Gog tries but its only drm free till its not.
Looking at you Cult of the lamb!
iirc the COTL issue was caused by a miscommunication between the dev team, publisher and gog itself
pretty sure it has long been fixed
Epic is the same
if there is one thing I love, it’s corporations trying to ‘meme’. Nothing makes me unfollow or block an account faster.
GOG doesn’t really have pirated games or any of that gray market nonsense. It is on the same level as steam in terms of it being a first party seller