Also, while I never used Steam and have no intention of doing so, there is a difference between a store that promised to be DRM-free, clearly stated they consider DRM to be wrong and bad for gaming and built it's reputation, identity and early success on that, and a store that never said anything of the sort nor promised anything in this regard.

Very true.

And I too have never used Steam, although if I decide to return to buying games again (with this boycott, I currently don't), I am not dismissing the idea of buying on Steam, rather than on GOG, now that I learned that Steam has at a couple of thousand DRM-free games and you don't even need the full steam client to download and install them. Still hoping that GOG gets its act together and I won't have to do that, though.

So, according to the recent posts in this thread, it seems the DRM in No Man's Sky has now been removed in the latest patch by Hello Games. This is great news and addresses one of the points mentioned in issue #2. My thanks and respect go to Hello Games for listening to their users.

However, I am not convinced that GOG had much to do with it, given their reticent lack of communication regarding the topic. So, I am not going to let them off the hook at this point. I would like to see some other games on this list addressed, if I am going to be convinced that GOG intends to properly enforce their DRM-free policy.

Also, Devotion still hasn't been released and GOG hasn't responded to the almost 9000 users who have signed the wishlist request. For me personally, this is a deal breaker. Devotion needs to be released, before I would consider ending my boycott.

Still, this is a step in the right direction (along with the recent addressing of the DRM in Wasteland 3). These are encouraging signs and hopefully we will see GOG doing more to put pressure on their partners to keep DRM off of GOG.

Yes, precisely. That is what DRM-free means. If a game has any sort of coded-in feature that would prevent 'moochers getting the game for free' (a.k.a. purchase verification), that would be DRM, by any definition. Also, please bear in mind that DRM does practically nothing to prevent piracy. There is no form of DRM that has not been cracked.

Nope. The Galaxy client is not DRM (as long as it remains optional and up-to-date offline installers are available). I didn't say it was and my beef with Galaxy is more to do with the rewards that are being given only to Galaxy customers (giving the impression they are preferred) and the huge proportion of GOG's resources that are being funneled into it, to the neglect of other aspects of the site (and the offline installers).

I don't like or use Facebook and I don't use Galaxy either. Again, my beef with it are the issues I mentioned above.

I don't know whether GOG had anything to do with the NMS fix --- I doubt it --- but, regardless, judging by the GOG NMS game page, they are either unaware that anything has changed, or don't care enough to update the page promptly, for it still reads:
"The game features online components introduced in updates (SYNTHESIS, BYTEBEAT, LIVING SHIP, EXO MECH, CROSSPLAY, DESOLATION and ORIGINS) that require Internet connection"

Yes, I noticed that as well :-)

Maybe it's just me, but don't y'all have anything better to do?

Some people have a problem to understand this. Thank YOU, mate.

This is the first time I've seen the word "load" used like that. Is that slang for "put out of business"?

I have no idea how I got here and hope I can find the way back. Grandma.. I understand what you are going through every day, love ya.

I never said most, I said they have games with drm which is a fact. no mans sky isn't the only game, several titles require galaxy/3rd party account if I want to play multiplayer. You probably don't have a game that requires galaxy to play online, that doesn't mean it doesn't exist however. Like I said it isn't the only store that has promoted no drm, they themselves endorse drm by having it on some games and also epic games sold on galaxy which is a product from gog.

OFC the more "big spenders" (at which annual/monthly/weekly amount is someone considered a "big spender") really participate (not just on paper) is better. But I think really change is only achieved through masses of people stopping their purchases (small or big), because the majority of custumors arent prob "big spenders". Big income is always generated by many not few.

If the hole is not big enough the higher ups wont notice. In the Devotion whishlist thread a user is positing the revenue lost for GOG since he stopped buying games because of the issues he has with GOG handeling the Devotion case and other stuff. Maybe you guys could pull something like this here too.

Last, I never said I dont activley join the boycott because there are "not enough people". I don't join the boycott, because for me personally I am not at my point of dissatisfaction with GOG to go into boycott. But for all who are at this point already, I really hope it will be a success for you guys :)

All games I own can be played without galaxy. I dont play ONLINE MULTIPLAYER (for them you kinda need to connect to servers so its kinda mandatory to be ONLINE and connected I dont see this as DRM (but I dont play these games either I am a single player game nerd). For cosmetics locked behind MULTIPLAYER in some games... well I dont care for cosmetics and really dont get why optional cosmetics are important for games. The important question for me is: Can I play the game as it is intended offline without missing out on story relevant elements? If thats locked behind some online requirement for a SINGLEPLAYER game than yeah we are talking DRM imo.

Another small note on COSMETIC stuff. If you get cosmetic stuff for a game you can preorder (and you dont preorder) you dont get the cosmetic stuff. Is it DRM? No. Is preordering these days a questionable practice by itself? Yes. Do I have to preorder? No. Can I play the game without preordering and without the cosmetic goodies? Yes. For me thats the same as having an optional goodie behind an optional Multiplayer I wont touch.

Agreed.

Why would I need to play n old game with the galaxy launcher, as far as I know there is NO tiny bit of content not even cosmetic shit of old games locked behind the Galaxy launcher. If there is any I would like to learn which games cause I dont seem to own them.

We can agree on "convenience over freedom" is not the trend the world should adapt to. However, imo as long as you have a personal choice, and you can choose to opt in a service knowing what the "price" aka data collection is and opt out and not pay the price and still get almost no drawback besides not getting optional COSMETIC content (when did we all start to care so much about cosmetic shit in games) i am ok with the freedom of choice.

Can you give me more info on that topic? I am really interested. What info does get collected and phoned home? Is it "just" my hardware settings, like which shitty CPU does the thinking in my PC and which shitty GPU does the pixel math? If it goes deeper my relationship with Galaxy gets terminated, if its "just" the above... well my Windows 10 Pro phones more infos home and I can't do shit about it ( I already did turn off what I possibly could).

For all the steam DRM users in this thread:

https://reclaimthenet.org/steam-to-officially-launch-in-china/

Meanwhile gog thinks they're in the safe because they cancelled the release of one game. lol

They're coming for ya, gog! It's only a matter of time... And when they do, you will be wondering if alienating the rest of your userbase was worth appeasing a luctrative but very volatile market.