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Elon Musk changes X terms to steer lawsuits to his favorite Texas court (arstechnica.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I hate him so much.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

True, forgot about that. Anyway, if you want a truly pro-consumer gaming, go to GOG. Not because the company is the best in the world, but because you buy the game, get the game files and you can do whatever with them (not in the legal sense, but who cares).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

A number of games on GOG have DRM now. They've also said they'd work on Linux support and that they'd open source Galaxy, but never did.

Nobody is clean.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

A number of games on GOG have DRM now

Not single-player ones. Online multi-player itself is kind of a DRM and there really is no way to make it otherwise. Not for a company of GOG size, anyway. And I'd argue that even if Steam made some forced open-server requirement, they would be abandoned fairly quickly.

They’ve also said they’d work on Linux support and that they’d open source Galaxy, but never did.

As I said, not because the company is the best, but because you have access to the game files and can do whatever. I'm under no illusion that they are perfect, but IMO the no-DRM-installers are the single most consumer-friendly move any game store has done. And no one forces them to.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Not single-player ones.

Incorrect.

They've had DRM in single player games on GOG. Hitman was a DRM game on GOG. Cyberpunk had a lot of DRM-lilocked items in game. They retroactively updated Witcher 3 with the same DRM crap.

because you have access to the game files and can do whatever

So long as the game is DRM free, which it isn't always on GOG anymore, yes.

Although that doesn't absolve them of lying about their intent to support Linux or their promise to open source their Galaxy client.