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[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Steam is like the only company that I actually somewhat trust

[–] TheDorkfromYork@lemm.ee 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Better than Steam I'd argue. Unlike Steam, games you buy on GOG are yours to keep forever. No DRM like steam that ~~forces you to log on after a few days offline~~. You also get better version control.

Edit: the offline limit was a bug. Offline restrictions would be dependent on the DRM solution for each individual game.

[–] AzureFrost@lemmy.zip 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

There are DRM free games on steam. If you can launch the game directly from the exe while steam is off, then the game is DRM free.

[–] barsquid@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I don't want to have to open the game page to figure that out. Also if there was a filter I could find and choose not to see DRM games at all, that would be very cool.

[–] UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago

I'm aware, however it's not as transparent and Steam does not provide the same guarantees that GOG do.