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		Narishma on July 13, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Anti-Ownership eBook Economy Maybe I'm being pessimistic but I feel it's only a matter of time before they too make their launcher mandatory.

deely3 on July 13, 2023 | [–]

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

jocoda on July 13, 2023 | [–]

Last time I looked Gog had a launcher as well.

mrguyorama on July 13, 2023 | [–]

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

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