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GOG reportedly suffering from staff turnover and poor management: “Current business model is likely running out of steam” (gameworldobserver.com)
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[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I can't say conclusively that every LAN game on GOG is DRM-free on Steam, but there are times where Steam's DRM has caused annoyances for me when trying to play offline on Steam Deck that I would not run into with side loaded GOG games, which I detailed in another comment here.

[–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

You can't also say conclusively that every LAN game on GOG is DRM-free on GOG either.

I read that other comment, that's an issue with the specific game. I've played dozens of games without connection and not putting it on offline mode, if that specific game tries to phone home on login that game is wrong. I wished Steam would have a DRM-free tag to be able to differentiate them easily.