This was brought up in the Hitman 2016 thread but I think it deserves a thread of it's own, given the implications.

Here's the CD Projekt website where they present CDPR and GOG Core Businesses in bullet points: https://www.cdprojekt.com/en/core-business/#gog

THERE IS NO MENTION OF DRM-FREE

THERE IS NO MENTION OF DRM-FREE

THERE IS NO MENTION OF DRM-FREE

What does this mean? All I know is GOG management should address these concerns immediately.

Well...where do we go now?

It means that you continue to overreact.

I know what you're saying, but this isn't new news.

https://web.archive.org/web/20170417134433/https://www.cdprojekt.com/en/core-business/

It didn't mention DRM free back in 2017 either.

I do agree with you that I would like a re-commitment from CDP to the aims of the DRM-Free movement.

The writing has been on the wall for years now, nothing surprising here.
Major changes usually occur in small steps, in order to gradually accommodate people to the new reality, that way the shock won't be as big.
One of those steps GOG took was to include Galaxy elements in their offline installers, years back. Galaxy is (or was) nothing but the stepping stone, so to speak, in the new direction.
To come back today to the forums and see the HITMAN debacle was disheartening, once again. Another bad decision on GOG's part.
Expect more of the same in the future.

GOG is here for one reason. They gave up any hope of competing with steam early on and targeted a niche. While it might have lost quantity of customers that the competition had, it gained quality customers who would dedicate spending more on GOG or even buying games agains simply to own them with the knowledge that their purchase was 100% DRM free. By diluting this core principle, you will not gain new patrons, but rather, people will become disillusioned with your intentions and cut back on spending or leave all together. In order to garner repeat business, people need to feel good about spending money with you, once that good will is tainted, you are done.

You might want to add that according to Wayback Machine, the page has never mentioned "DRM-free" since it first appeared online, in 2017.

Assuming this page somehow binding for them, I don't think they could have had it in, even back then, because of Gwent.

I was going to post the same thing... meh may as well

I rather overract then become the "this is fine" meme

Neither the page displayed at the link, nor the attached screenshot, give any guarantee that GOG will host only DRM-free games and nothing else.

They could convert GOG to having 100% of new releases on GOG consist of DRM'ed games only, and everything stated on that webpage and screenshot would still remain just as accurate as it currently is.

Or they could also release less than 100% of new releases as being DRM'ed, and the same problem would still occur. So what if they start releasing 50% of new games as being DRM'ed? Would that be acceptable?

So, point being: the sentiment in the quoted post is being too lax on the weaselly, commitment-lacking wording shown on that webpage.

One could just as easily argue that others are under-reacting to GOG's lack of commitment to DRM-free, rather than to agree with the premise that OP is over-reacting.

Kind of like imposing mask wearing and other intrusions in people's lives as a step to greater controls later on.

This weird obsession you have with converting every DRM discussion here into MAGA politics is pretty sad dude. Go outside, visit your kids, think about other things for a day or two.

True, but can we realistically do anything about where GOG may be heading, even as a largish collective?
Personally I think not.
If GOG have a plan, and they surely do, then they would have considered any backlash to it.

That's not to say that we shouldn't respond, like as has happened with Hitman GOTY threads, we should ... especially if GOG's plan isn't all that fixed or not as bad as many think it is.

Honestly, I think it pretty amazing that GOG has survived as long as it has, and remained mostly DRM-Free, especially for the size it has become, and I am still hoping they won't abandon the most important element we have always appreciated them for - DRM-Free. Sure they might also bring DRM into the mix, and that won't be good, but maybe better than losing GOG altogether.

I personally think that the DRM-Free movement, as always, and despite some others (i.e. ZOOM Platform), relies on the continued success and existence of GOG, even as watered down as it seems to be getting.

Far too many take DRM-Free for granted, in a world that is increasingly less DRM-Free with all kinds of media.

If GOG fail to be a beacon of DRM-Free goodness in this DRM world, then I think it will be pretty much all over, aside from a few DRM-Free goodies and small concerns and many Indie games etc.

I wish it were otherwise, but believe that is the reality.

Why do YOU make the charge that my statement is political when it's a social observation of control and obfuscation tactics.
Considering you have over 3000 posts on GoG alone, it's evident you need to spend more time outside. Don't be so hypocritical.