Comment on GOG Has Had To Hire Private Investigators To Track Down IP Rights Holders
tal@lemmy.today 19 hours agoI just use lgogdownloader, which is open-source, or for a single game, the web browser.
Comment on GOG Has Had To Hire Private Investigators To Track Down IP Rights Holders
tal@lemmy.today 19 hours agoI just use lgogdownloader, which is open-source, or for a single game, the web browser.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 16 hours ago
I’ve used minigalaxy in the past as well. There are solutions, sure.
I’m more rankled by GOG not even giving a nod to Linux users and going out of their way to court Windows users. I understand the economics here, but I would very much appreciate something from them. When they had a user voice (not sure if they still do? A quick search didn’t find it), the top requested feature was Galaxy support for Linux, and we’ve gotten nothing from them, except I guess a deal w/ the creator of Heroic for a referral revenue share on game sales (similar to sales through streamer links and whatnot). That’s it. That feels like a bit of a slap in the face.
balance8873@lemmy.myserv.one 15 hours ago
Gog galaxy is not very good and has afaik never been very good.
Just run the exe.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 14 hours ago
Whether it’s good or not is irrelevant. The fact is that it exists as the recommended way to install games, and it’s not available for my platform even years after it was released. What does that say about me and my platform? If I have an issue with a game, will they help? If they’re unwilling to support their flagship launcher, why would they help with a game?
Steam works on my platform and has for over 10 years, and they’re constantly making improvements specific to my platform. GOG has DRM free games. Is that enough reason to prefer GOG over Steam? Most of my Steam games are DRM-free, so my answer is no.