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DRM-free doesn't mean piracy. GOGs whole business model is built around selling games DRM free. I don't pirate but I do use GOG where possible as I hate DRM - it punishes and inconveniences legitimate users for piracy and doesn't even solve the problem. DRM is just an expensive waste of money for everyone involved.
Make the pay option less shitty than pirating. That’s all it takes.
Gaben taught you well
The drm-free marketing that gog does has been successful, but it is just marketing. While It's true that games sold on gog are drm-free, every game sold on gog that I've looked into is also drm-free on steam. The only real benefit is that the gog installers are more convenient for backups than using a steam back up tool.
GOG is also a filter too. Everything in the whole store you know is DRM free when with other stores you have to check each game individually.
Steam is also a form of DRM in most cases though either way.
How would you play a DRM-free game bought through steam without steam? (Genuine question)
Drm-free isn’t piracy
OP doesn't understand the difference between piracy and drm-free.
But hey, looks like the advertising is working on you to promote GOG so good on them for a successful tweet.
drm makes it a lot harder to pirate
DRM punishes paying customers. DRM free is the best choice for anyone who enjoys games, and supporting the devs is the best way to get more games you enjoy.
DRM free isn't pro-piracy it is pro-consumer.
I couldn't give a shit what pirates are doing. I pay for my games and I don't want DRM ruining my experience.
Aggressive DRM mostly punishes paying customers. The game will probably be cracked anyways.
Couldn't be more right. I went 100% on GoG after not being able to play the Steam games I wanted to play during an internet outage because of dumb always online requirement.
how is this acknowledging piracy ?
I guess they don't realize GOG is DRM free as part of their business model?
Probably because they think DRM=anti pirate and not "You don't actually own this"
ALL ANTI-CHEAT IS SPYWARE.
ALL DRM IS THEFT.
I saw a really cool concept for "Anti piracy" some time ago. It works by having a lot of little achievements which represent you progress. So each time you start the game it checks for which achievements you have and the loads your progress according to your achievements.
That's just a different flavour of DRM.
It doesn't affect the performance. It may increase the loading time a bit, but it doesn't affect anything else.