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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' (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] DiabolicalBird@lemmy.ca 26 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

This has literally always been the case with Steam, the only difference is that people are told up front now. Things will likely continue to operate exactly the same as it has until now, I doubt Valve wants to disrupt the giant money train they have.

[–] lud@lemm.ee 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I would be surprised if it even was possible for them to change so that the games are bought. I suspect that would be quite complicated legally.

[–] CaptnNMorgan@lemmy.world 0 points 6 hours 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?