Yes, that is the truth. “Flood the Zone” was also a favorite of Goebbels.

Wow, sounds like someone in the administration a) learned to read, and b) read the First Amendment of the Constitution??!

Feels like Jurassic Park when the raptors learn to open doors.

I leave my Steam update settings to only update on Play. This allows me to pretty easily review what is being patched in to any particular game and choose if/when to apply it (true that choosing not to apply means no longer using the Steam client for that game).

It’s also trivial on Linux to keep the Proton prefixes and game installs backed up automatically. This has the added benefit of making all game installs portable.

Unfortunately GOG still has no official Linux client, though there are workarounds. The “apocalyptic scenario” would ultimately kill either company, so you’re right to think it is moot.

Neither can Steam. Then the difference is down to those games on Steam which are not DRM-free.

Oh, I absolutely would – I’m just making a point based on a previous statement earlier in the thread:

Considering games with no DRM can have it added retroactively, that Steam pushes updates I may not want with no option to decline

If the practice is that you need local backups on purchase anyway, then I fail to see the difference between non-DRM games on Steam and those on GOG. It feels like a different goalpost is being used depending on what service is being discussed.

Does it? What recourse do you have if they change their policy and you don’t have local backups of your games?

Maybe. If you trust them, though now… I don’t.

Depends on the game. As I mentioned in another thread, there are many games on Steam which are DRM-free and do not require the client. GOG’s advertising suggests they are the only method for getting such games, but as always, the devil is in the details.

Mostly it comes down to how much you feel about one issue over the other, but I don’t see how they can be unrelated if there’s a monetary transaction involved.

Because supporting GOG now means supporting unfettered AI usage. If you disagree with such policies, the only way to voice that discontent is with your wallet.

I’m guessing by your wording that you’re aching to bash Steam, so I’ll preface this with: no corporation is ever going to get this 100% right; the world is drawn in greys, and only a Sith deals in absolutes.

“Better” is not very useful without context. In the context of AI usage, Steam is better. In the context of GOG, their main claim about game preservation is “no DRM”, but there is an important point often missed: lots of games on Steam also do not have DRM.

I have no issues “buying” games on Steam which have no DRM. For others, I factor the DRM into the price I’m willing to pay for access. These tend to be larger titles anyway, so I’m not terribly worried about it long term.

Long term game preservation? More about unofficial channels than relying on yet another corporation. GOG wasn’t changing that before, and they definitely aren’t now.

Newsom effectively wants the Dems to be less progressive. From my perspective, the Dems continue to lose because they continue to shaft their progressive constituents, of which there are many.

Things have shifted so far to the right in the US that mainline Dems would be considered conservative in many other countries of the world. The US does not have a left party, progressive or otherwise. If you accept this, then it’s easy to suggest Newsom is just one other centrist masquerading as a leftist. His claims here support that view.

There are many, many other reasons not to like Newsom, but ultimately he is a symptom of a much deeper problem.

Something tells me the “double down” is to distract from that fallout

I care. Enough to abandon my qualms about AI usage? Not really, it just means GOG is not the answer.

“Stock market surges on news…”

“Stock market tumbles due to…”

“The Dow is over 9,000”

It doesn’t matter when it’s up. It doesn’t matter when it’s down. Imagine if media started reporting on the wellbeing of actual individuals instead of the fake money wheel.

The stock market will continue to have very little bearing on the lives of average citizens. Tariffs killing small businesses? Let’s see those stories.

I don’t think “fuck directly with people’s shit because you were handed an L” is a winning political strategy. Will it cost him? Hell no! We’ve never had a cult leader as president before.

There’s already a lot of MAGA people convinced that “activist judges” are acting against Trump just to act against Trump… You know, as opposed to ruling against him because he’s breaking the law.

Nevermind all those other SCOTUS rulings handing the executive branch more power. Those don’t matter. Clearly now it’s stacked with activist judges.

I wonder if anyone from MAGA could actually define what “checks and balances” or “separation of powers” means.

Is it in mostly ALL CAPS and does it read like it was written by some kind of deranged ten year old who just discovered ChatGPT?

Those are written by the President of the United States. That’s the timeline we’re in.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

Absoutely. It takes like 5 seconds to get a real photo.

But I have considerable downvotes on my original comment. Maybe bots. Maybe AI bros who need to see the light and that their tech is based on the death of IP law.

Exactly, makes no sense to me

Really cool article. Except this bit:

The image of Saturn was generated with ChatGPT.

Fucking why? Could have saved time and energy with traditional search. Leave the slop out, please.