• Nibodhika@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      This is a thread where someone claimed that you don’t own the games on Steam but you do on GOG, this is the comment the person was replying to:

      In case of Steam.

      With GOG I get an actual license key & terms that state my ownership.

      So yes, that’s exactly what the person is saying. So the fact that GOG can’t remotely wipe your drive is a strawman fallacy, because neither can Steam, and the differences between GOG and Steam is what’s being discussed, so anything that is the same has no bearing on the discussion.

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        22 hours ago

        GOG is the only big option if you want to own the games you purchase.

        I think it’s pretty clear from context that they mean they have the ability to perpetually play the games because of the lack of DRM, not the right.

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          14 minutes ago

          Again, the same is true for Steam, so that’s a moot point when comparing GOG to Steam which is what this thread is about.