• BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    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.

    • Virulent@reddthat.com
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      7 months ago

      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.

      • Maven (famous)@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        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.

    • Mambabasa@slrpnk.netOP
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      7 months ago

      To me, the meme acknowledges that GOG installers are shared in groups, which is piracy since the other people didn’t pay for it. (That doesn’t mean it’s bad btw.)

      • DreitonLullaby@lemm.ee
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        7 months ago

        How is the meme acknowledging that GOG installers are shared in groups? This doesn’t say anything about sharing anything in a group, other than “My game has no DRM, and yours does”