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minus-squareRikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·6 hours agoFor games, always buy from GOG if you can. Unless it’s a game I really want I only buy from GOG.
minus-squareChloé 🥕@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 hours agoif it’s not on GOG, you can also check itch.io! iirc all games there are DRM-free as well (tho I could be wrong)
minus-squareEinar@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 hours ago…or Humble Bundle if they offer the actual software download. Not if they just offer Steam keys. In my opinion.
minus-squarewindowsphoneguy@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 hours agoBut then you should also back up the optional downloadable install files for each game. Just using the launcher is not a fail proof way to keep your game collection
minus-squareRikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 hours agoIndeed, there are many tools to do that, one of them of my own making: https://github.com/RikudouSage/GogDownloader But even if you don’t back them up, at least you signal that DRM-free is important to you by buying there.
For games, always buy from GOG if you can. Unless it’s a game I really want I only buy from GOG.
if it’s not on GOG, you can also check itch.io!
iirc all games there are DRM-free as well (tho I could be wrong)
…or Humble Bundle if they offer the actual software download.
Not if they just offer Steam keys.
In my opinion.
But then you should also back up the optional downloadable install files for each game. Just using the launcher is not a fail proof way to keep your game collection
Indeed, there are many tools to do that, one of them of my own making: https://github.com/RikudouSage/GogDownloader
But even if you don’t back them up, at least you signal that DRM-free is important to you by buying there.