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Steam's new disclaimer reminds everyone that you don't actually own your games, GOG moves in for the killshot: Its offline installers 'cannot be taken away from you' (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] xapr@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

How weird, I wonder if there's something wrong with my GOG account? I don't think I've received an email from them in years?

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

No, if you claim the giveaways you have to subscribe to their newsletter. That's all. If you aren't doing that, you'll almost never get an email.

[–] xapr@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

I see, that makes sense. Thanks!

[–] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

Ye that's why I stopped claiming games