On: The Anti-Ownership eBook Economy

[deelly]

Just 5 cents, thats why I always trying to buy any games on GOG. No "install necessary launcher" bullshit and 100% confidence that backup of any purchased game will work in next decades, or even in next next decades without internet.

[marcus_holmes → deelly]

GoG for books would be awesome

[Narishma → deelly]

Maybe I'm being pessimistic but I feel it's only a matter of time before they too make their launcher mandatory.

[deely3 → Narishma]

GOG launched like 15y ago and mostly owned by CD Projekt - creators of Witcher and Cyberpunk games, so I am cautiously optimistic.

[jocoda → Narishma]

Last time I looked Gog had a launcher as well.

[mrguyorama → jocoda]

It's entirely optional. Every game you buy from them has a link on the store page to raw executables or even disk images.