Steam's new disclaimer reminds everyone that you don't actually own your games, GOG moves in for the killshot: Its offline installers 'cannot be taken away from you'
Steam's new disclaimer reminds everyone that you don't actually own your games, GOG moves in for the killshot: Its offline installers 'cannot be taken away from you'
The concept of a "digital license" isn't new, but there's no pretending you didn't know about it anymore.
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I really don't understand the people who think this makes a difference. It is not Steam or GOG that decides how to sell you the game, it is the copyright owner enabled to do so by the lawmakers in the relevant jurisdiction(s).
The only real difference is being fairly certain that anything you buy on GOG will be DRM-free, since that is their stated policy and they offer the standalone installers for download. Granted they also offer a launcher like Steam, and if you're only using that then you're no better off; if a game gets delisted and you don't have the installers archived you may be out of luck, depending on the details.
That said you are right, the problem is the laws and the publishers. But getting access to those offline installers certainly doesn't hurt, in the meantime.