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Re:Counter-Strike's player economy is in a multi-billion dol... by Aerolfos on Friday October 24, 2025 @05:04PM (#45699062)
In some sense, GOGs entire existence is testing the hypothesis that it's impossible to run a consumer friendly digital store due to abuse.

If you took the common sense publisher view then no DRM = everything you make is instantly pirated and the whole store fails instantly. But GOG is a viable storefront, so that's demonstrably wrong.

The evidence is no better for Steam's refund policy than it was for DRM being necessary.

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Re:Counter-Strike's player economy is in a multi-billion dol... by throw10920 on Friday October 24, 2025 @10:30PM (#45700936)
> But GOG is a viable storefront, so that's demonstrably wrong.

How many developers can make a living based off of GOG revenue alone vs Steam revenue alone?

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