@nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish • 14 hours agoGOG: When we said we let you ‘own’ your games, we meant that no matter what happens you’ll still be able to play them thanks to our offline installers.x.commessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1395arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: games@lemmit.online
arrow-up1391arrow-down1external-linkGOG: When we said we let you ‘own’ your games, we meant that no matter what happens you’ll still be able to play them thanks to our offline installers.x.com@nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish • 14 hours agomessage-square45fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: games@lemmit.online
minus-square@TheEntity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•7 hours agoHow does an offline installer from GOG differ from the offline installer provided on a CD/DVD?
minus-square@Rekorse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish1•5 hours agoThe license for the DVD version is with the actual disk, the license for the offline installer is with the GOG account. GOG has essentially created a way to bypass their own licenses, as a feature. And it looks like they won’t be affected by this law because of it.
How does an offline installer from GOG differ from the offline installer provided on a CD/DVD?
The license for the DVD version is with the actual disk, the license for the offline installer is with the GOG account.
GOG has essentially created a way to bypass their own licenses, as a feature. And it looks like they won’t be affected by this law because of it.