Comment on 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'

• CaptnNMorgan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  It’s literally in the title that GOG does exactly that. Why would Steam’s hands be legally tied if GOG’s aren’t?

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  • lud@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    No, that isn’t what GOG is doing.

    GOG is still only licencing games to you. They do offer you the opportunity to download an offline installer though.

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    • kshade@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      As far as I know there is no mandatory DRM on Steam either, so if a publisher wants to they can just make their game be portable and not require Steam to even be installed. Pretty sure all the re-releases that use DOSBox or ScummVM are like this, for example.

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      • lud@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Yeah there are loads of DRM free games on steam (mostly indies of course). Steam just offers a very basic (and easily bypassable if you know how) DRM to debs/publishers but they absolutely don’t need to use it.

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    • CaptnNMorgan@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      How is having an offline installer that can’t be taken away, not the same thing as owning?

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      • lud@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Because you are still only licensed the game

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