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I was interested in the Stop Killing Games thing. Why didn't they support it?
As I've said before, I'm not giving up 100% on GOG, BUT I think it is time we try to find options, zoom is another DRM free platform, that seems to support linux to some degree. The library does not seem as promising as GOG but it's something. Also don't forget a lot of games on steam are actually DRM free. I love gog, I was a patron until the gen ai came to light, but I've seen this cycle of enshitification so much. I don't have my hopes up is all.
So what does it mean to buy a DRM-free game on Steam? Can I download and play it separate from the Steam client?
I'm about as anti-AI as you can get, but that wasn't a confirmation - it was a non-answer.
And considering how many things "AI" is getting crammed into, if they'd given a definitive answer, it wouldn't have been possible to guarantee it - because they're not in control of every business scenario in the industry.
that wasn't a confirmation - it was a non-answer.
Same thing, as far as I'm concerned.
And considering how many things "AI" is getting crammed into
What they're using is clearly generative AI, meant to replace artists. It would be very easy to say they were no longer going to be doing that.
I mean you said it in the second half but the non answer is the confirmation they will adopt it like everyone else in part because it’s become part of institutional tools
"adopting it" and "getting saddled with it" are two different things.
skavau is a clown
Their no DRM commitment and use of AI slop cancel each other out, in my view.
How so
if not gog, i reckon i don't buy videogames any longer
Yar matey, a true shame.
So much for the bright future under the new ownership. Meh, that didnt took long.
I love GOG and made tons purchases in the past if the games were avaivable there. I'd rather have my games entirely DRM free than having the conviences eg Steam brings to the table as a platform.
But the use of AI slop just isnt a good look. For me it only communicates one thing: We cut corners. Then not owning it up afterwards leaves a really bitter taste in my mouth. "Sorry, wont happen again. We wont use shitty genAI slop anymore on the shopfront." That aint hard(edit: and would still leave the door open for rApId pRoTotYpInG internally). I still would have had a bit of trust issues. But with that corperate nonanswer i'm not really willing to spent money on GOG anymore.
Also i always fucking hated corpo AMAs. I would have thought GOG would be able to host an AMA which would feel atleast somewhat human. Like sure they're still a business and have their obvious constraints what and how they can talk about things. But this? This was just a waste of time. Meh
Interesting to hear how they do somewhat allow DRM for online content - CD key to login kind of thing I guess? But offline must be DRM free.
DRM-free multiplayer, and the communication of it on the store page, is basically my only gripe with GOG right now. Sure, lots of things can be better, but this is the thing preventing me from shopping with them friction-free. In my mind, any game using the Galaxy API could be pointed to a locally hosted replacement instead so that devs who don't want to, or historically didn't, design with LAN in mind end up getting fully offline multiplayer on GOG with no extra steps for them. At least it's on their roadmap. I hope we see some progress on this front in the next year or two.
i wonder if an organized boycott of GOG would be feasible, boycotting them until they stop using the slop
i would participate. however, until there is a boycott i still think DRM-free games are a good value proposition
I’ll fucking do it, if this turns out their new ownership is crapping the bed and selling out I’ll delete my account just like I’m doing with everything else.
It's conflicting because the commitment to no DRM and the preservation efforts for old games, keeping them running on modern systems, are tremendously valuable in the current consumer-hostile gaming landscape.
you’re right, that’s why i think an organized boycott with a clear demand would be the best, instead of just going around saying "don’t use GOG they use AI"
i want GOG to stop using AI, i don’t want GOG to disappear
Not wanting them to use ai is wanting them to disappear. It's quickly being obvious no company will be able to avoid using ai in some fashion because every tool is having ai shoved into it.
And companies can't make all their own tooling. It's physically impossible.
No. It wont.
because while there may be the rare people who are willing to speak with their wallet and make a personal sacrifice..
The vast, overwhelming bulk of gamers are myopic little weasels that'll keep shilling out the cash, even while actively crying about the awful things they are supporting, because they are too afraid of missing the next shiny wave to dare make any kind of stand or sacrifice.
Don't know why you got downvoted. This is the sad reality, not just for gaming, but boycotts in general. They rarely work because the majority just doesn't give a shit.
Yeah, but its a little different for gaming/tech stuff.
Cant expect the average person to know about nestle's atrocities, because they arent active in nestle communties online, engaging with other nestle consumers, etc etc.
Gaming/Tech people tend to be more online, more engaged, more like to follow news about the subject, etc. More like to be online criticizing the issues, as well.. and you still end up with shit like this, because like I said, gamers are.. on the whole, self centered self gratifying idiots that, no matter how much they cry about the great injustice of it all, still cant do without their shiny.
I think the "0% AI" has almost no life left in it. The Linux kernel has AI code in it, as well as any other software you use. The game of the year had AI assets, as with just about every other contender. Next year, even fewer games will qualify for the title of AI-free. The "no AI" approach fundamentally assumes AI has no value, which is as crazy as the execs who assume AI will solve every problem. The future lies in middle-of-the-road approaches.
how is this even downvoted? every one of you knows that programming has some exciting moments but sometimes just a 50 lines very trivial and predictable text that has to be written by someone. i don't see horses trying to pick up old carts to pull them around meaninglessly 😂
We've had predictive text and automation of boilerplate code for years without needing any generative AI.
Hostility towards what is now colloquially called AI seems very justified to me. The costs to society, especially the environmental ones, can't be justified by the meagre "benefits" it purports to offer.
The biggest boons of generative AI I've see its champions mention (other than making horrifying imagery that makes someone feel like an artist with zero art involved) are cost-reduction and automating the "boring" parts.
The cost-reduction seems unsustainable and mostly exists because these companies are operating at an enormous loss. A lot of the automation already existed and those "boring" tasks where also opportunities for junior coders to learn their trade.