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Re:Valve says Steam users don't own a thing, GOG says its ga... by the_gorilla on Friday October 11, 2024 @04:16PM (#41813284)
Linux users don't buy software, and expect that the company give it out for free and beg for donations. Just use a compatibility layer someone built for free while begging for donations.
Re:Valve says Steam users don't own a thing, GOG says its ga... by OWMYT on Friday October 11, 2024 @04:36PM (#41813467)
Isn't the whole point of DRM-free that people who don't pay don't pay and those measures hurt legitimate customers the most? Especially for PC games, piracy is extremely prevalent no matter which technology is used.

Of course, Linux users might pirate the games, as do Windows users. I am purely talking about legal rights here. I have to imagine there are quite a few developers with a primary Linux PC who are much more inclined to purchase a game if it doesn't require pulling out a special purpose Windows machine or dealing with an unofficial hack that barely works. Maybe those potential revenues don't justify the high costs of changing some compiler flags to CDPR.

Re:Valve says Steam users don't own a thing, GOG says its ga... by the_gorilla on Friday October 11, 2024 @04:39PM (#41813489)
I'm not saying they pirate it, I'm saying they don't believe in making money off software through selling products, but instead through beggary. They're such a small market share (2-3% on most games) that it's just not worth the effort.

Linux compatibility layers are actually getting pretty good anyway, and it's easier to get your game to run that way than to actually properly port it to linux.

Re:Valve says Steam users don't own a thing, GOG says its ga... by amarant on Friday October 11, 2024 @04:42PM (#41813514)
Hey, Linux user with 5 software subscriptions, including all jetbrains products, here. Every Linux user I know has a similar amount of paid software, even the ones that keep talking about how everything should be OSS in an ideal world.

Can we please for the love of all that is logic stop repeating this cartoonishly inaccurate stereotype?

Re:Valve says Steam users don't own a thing, GOG says its ga... by likeclockwork on Friday October 11, 2024 @07:38PM (#41815005)
This is slander.
Re:Valve says Steam users don't own a thing, GOG says its ga... by the_gorilla on Friday October 11, 2024 @08:24PM (#41815282)
I guess I'll be seeing you in court.