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I want to use their launcher, but can't, because they refuse to support it on Linux. That doesn't feel great. Yeah, I can use Heroic, but I can use that for EGS as well. Offline installers aren't nearly as valuable if that means I need to mess with WINE myself.
Steam eliminates all of that headache for me and gives me a first class experience. Buying from GOG feels like so much of a downgrade, so I have to convince myself to do it every time. I like that they're DRM-free, but many of my Steam games at DRM-free as well, so it's not a huge value add for me.
That's something most people miss, the vast majority of games on Steam are also DRM-free, in fact most games that are sold on GoG are DRM-free on Steam because the game is DRM-free regardless of platform.
Do you want to know a game that has DRM? Cyberpunk, so yeah, GoG is very much only anti-drm when it's good PR, not when it counts. Do what I say and not what I do kind of thing.
I don't dislike GoG, I like what they're trying to do in theory, but everyone online seems to treat them like they're this perfect company that does not evil, meanwhile they treat me as a second class citizen for using Linux and dance around the DRM stuff they're supposed to be against. There's a list somewhere of all GoG games with DRM, Cyberpunk is just an example, but because it's made by them it's a great example to showcase their hypocrisy. Meanwhile Valve has quietly given me a native client, pushed for native games, and when that didn't worked they invested in Proton, put in lots of man-hours in compatibility fixes, and now they're doing the same with Fex, all while providing a better experience overall, no DRM enforcement, and Hardware that's simply amazing. Like I said, I don't dislike GoG, but it's not even a contest on my mind on which company treats me better.