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Posted February 02, 2026
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It is honestly funny that the defenses range from "why do you care" to "It is here to stay, submit, accept it, deal with it" to "it is all virtue signaling"

It is honestly telling. Maybe kind of self soothing, learned helplessness.
Because caring is for losers right?
Posted February 02, 2026
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Everytime gog makes something good like releasing Final Fantasy games, gog also does something really really bad like using AI slop...
And everytime gog lose a lot of trust from me.
Posted February 02, 2026
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Gileathane: They make enough cash to pay people instead of churning out slop
When you own the company, you can make these decisions. Until then keep your opinions to yourself.

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Gileathane: On principle, I won't support a GOG that uses AI at all.
Oh? New flash for you, Steam, Epic, microsoft, Sony and Nintendo ALL have and do use AI tools for their marketing and promotional materials. Yup, have fun gaming with the imaginary companies that make/sell games and are NOT using AI..

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LiefLayer: Everytime gog makes something good like releasing Final Fantasy games, gog also does something really really bad like using AI slop...
And everytime gog lose a lot of trust from me.
See above. Don't let the door hit you in the backside on the way out.

GOG and the GOG community do not need whiners who wildly over-react to meaningless things.
Post edited February 02, 2026 by lexluthermiester
Posted February 02, 2026
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Gileathane: They make enough cash to pay people instead of churning out slop
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lexluthermiester: When you own the company, you can make these decisions. Until then keep your opinions to yourself.

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Gileathane: On principle, I won't support a GOG that uses AI at all.
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lexluthermiester: Oh? New flash for you, Steam, Epic, microsoft, Sony and Nintendo ALL have and do use AI tools for their marketing and promotional materials. Yup, have fun gaming with the imaginary companies that make/sell games and are NOT using AI..

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LiefLayer: Everytime gog makes something good like releasing Final Fantasy games, gog also does something really really bad like using AI slop...
And everytime gog lose a lot of trust from me.
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lexluthermiester: See above. Don't let the door hit you in the backside on the way out.

GOG and the GOG community do not need whiners who wildly over-react to meaningless things.
lmao
ah yes, customers CANNOT and SHOULD NOT complain or demand better, just take whatever the Bosses deign to provide.

Pathetic.
Posted February 02, 2026
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Luisfius: ah yes, customers CANNOT and SHOULD NOT complain or demand better, just take whatever the Bosses deign to provide.

Pathetic.
There is a difference between complaining about REAL problems and whining about things that don't matter at all. AI tools are not evil. GOG is not abusing them like other companies are.

People, spend your time and energy on things that matter, not 9 pages of silly whining like this.
Post edited February 02, 2026 by lexluthermiester
Posted February 02, 2026
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Luisfius: ah yes, customers CANNOT and SHOULD NOT complain or demand better, just take whatever the Bosses deign to provide.

Pathetic.
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lexluthermiester: There is a difference between complaining about REAL problems and whining about things that don't matter at all. AI tools are not evil. GOG is not abusing them like other companies are.

Spend your time and energy on things that matter, not silly whining like this.
Bzzzt, wrong.

But also you are such a boot licker, it is hilarious.
Posted February 02, 2026
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Luisfius: Bzzzt, wrong.

But also you are such a boot licker, it is hilarious.
Did you think that was clever? Hmm? Snowflake harder big guy.
Posted February 02, 2026
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Luisfius: Bzzzt, wrong.

But also you are such a boot licker, it is hilarious.
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lexluthermiester: Did you think that was clever? Hmm? Snowflake harder big guy.
Seems like I did hit a nerve, but I mean, you did post this
"When you own the company, you can make these decisions. Until then keep your opinions to yourself."

That is by definition licking the boot. It's fine.

But also it **is** extremely telling that people defending AI bullshit immediately go for "snow flake" or "virtue signaling"
Does tell me a lot of what kind of people is in favor of it.
Posted February 03, 2026
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lexluthermiester: When you own the company, you can make these decisions. Until then keep your opinions to yourself.

Oh? New flash for you, Steam, Epic, microsoft, Sony and Nintendo ALL have and do use AI tools for their marketing and promotional materials. Yup, have fun gaming with the imaginary companies that make/sell games and are NOT using AI..

See above. Don't let the door hit you in the backside on the way out.

GOG and the GOG community do not need whiners who wildly over-react to meaningless things.
the real issue is customers like you that accept every shit company do...
why stay here on gog? if you don't care about what the company does steam is a great option.
Posted February 03, 2026
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lexluthermiester: When you own the company, you can make these decisions. Until then keep your opinions to yourself.

Oh? New flash for you, Steam, Epic, microsoft, Sony and Nintendo ALL have and do use AI tools for their marketing and promotional materials. Yup, have fun gaming with the imaginary companies that make/sell games and are NOT using AI..

See above. Don't let the door hit you in the backside on the way out.

GOG and the GOG community do not need whiners who wildly over-react to meaningless things.
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LiefLayer: the real issue is customers like you that accept every shit company do...
why stay here on gog? if you don't care about what the company does steam is a great option.
I've never made a forum post here before, but this is also my position and I wanted to chime in on this event specifically. In the past I have bought from GOG if I could, and advocated for it with people I know even though Steam is far ahead in terms of features.

I did that because I felt the company was at least aligned with my view of what games, and the business of games, should be. I saw the genAI promo banner and decided to wait until the company released a real statement addressing it before judging whether perhaps that has changed. After reading what Arthur posted to Discord today (in various news articles, as even that was not a public statement), I found the explanation less than satisfactory and I think the good times are done for myself and GOG.

This doesn't mean I'm deleting my account and swearing off GOG forever though. It's just that if every company is going to behave roughly the same way, I will simply go to the one with the best product and stop trying to convince people to give GOG a shot. Most of the casual gamers I know will probably never even hear of GOG again.

It's regrettable, and I hope I am given an opportunity to reevaluate the company's direction in the near future but I am not holding my breath.

Maybe time for another user sentiment survey, GOG.
Posted February 03, 2026
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Eviction_Notice: I've never made a forum post here before,
LOL!
Posted February 03, 2026
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I understand people have issues with AI. I used to as well, but getting mad over a company saving time and money by quickly generating graphics is hardly a problem. It's not like the entire service has been replaced by AI.
Posted February 03, 2026
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JakobFel: I understand people have issues with AI. I used to as well, but getting mad over a company saving time and money by quickly generating graphics is hardly a problem. It's not like the entire service has been replaced by AI.
This was my initial reaction as well, and I wanted to see what their response would be to the backlash. It seems based on the statement made in Discord today (and obviously picked up by aggregators who cover "gaming news") they intend to continue implementing AI based solutions so who knows where the line is going to end up being drawn. Maybe it's at store page content, maybe it's at game content, maybe it's nowhere. There are great use cases for AI and ML tools in game preservation (upscaling old art assets is an easy example), but I am skeptical of the use case for generative AI specifically.

Perhaps I'm just reading the message wrong and Arthur was saying the implementation of generative AI was a "failed experiment" but I don't think that's what he meant to convey. For all the preamble he included about this specific banner being a failure in QC and their response, it's still up on the store lol

Edit: thanks to FloggingUser for posting the message I'm referring to (below), if anyone got something different from it than I did I'd be interested in reading some thoughts.
Post edited February 03, 2026 by Eviction_Notice
Posted February 03, 2026
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Here is the message in question:

Hi everyone, I’d like to address the case of our recent New Year Sale banner.

First of all, regarding the quality of the asset: This banner was a work-in-progress asset that we mistakenly allowed to be displayed on the storefront. This shouldn’t have happened. We failed on at least two levels: Quality-control of the asset that landed on the front page, and then reacting quickly enough when we noticed the error.
Second, I want to confirm that this WIP asset was indeed made with the help of Al tools. We hear your disappointment with the use of this technology, and see that it’s a sensitive topic for many of you.

I also want to be honest about how we chose to explore technology: We don’t have the infinite resources of the industry giants. We’re a dedicated, but small team, working our asses off every day for game preservation. To keep that mission alive, bring more games back to life, and make more games DRM-free, we experiment with tools that can allow us to do more with the limited hands we have.

We’ve been testing different technologies since our beginnings. Some experiments are successful, and some (like this banner) are not. Exploring various tech gives us the reach of a much larger team, so we never have to settle for doing less.

Lastly, I’m aware that some of you have concerns about a GOG team member leaving the Patrons Discord server. Please understand that in heated moments, people sometimes need to step back for their own well-being. That was a personal decision, and we respect it.

Thank you, everyone,
Arthur
Post edited February 03, 2026 by FloggingUser
Posted February 03, 2026
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JakobFel: I understand people have issues with AI. I used to as well, but getting mad over a company saving time and money by quickly generating graphics is hardly a problem. It's not like the entire service has been replaced by AI.
Oh they are only going to be increasing the vibe coding.

They are hiring people to do vibe coding for the linux client, as well as promoting the use of ai generation tools in development.

"Technical depth

5+ years of commercial experience with modern C++ and system-level programming
3+ years of experience in a senior engineering role
Experience developing desktop applications for at least two platforms: Linux (must have) and Windows or macOS
Experience with Python
Experience with performance optimization, profiling and stability improvements
Understanding of software architecture and system design
Define and uphold engineering standards (performance, reliability, maintainability)
Active use of AI tools in daily development workflows, and enthusiasm for helping the team increase adoption"


https://www.gog.com/en/work/senior-software-engineer-c-gog-galaxy

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LiefLayer: the real issue is customers like you that accept every shit company do...
why stay here on gog? if you don't care about what the company does steam is a great option.
It is really interesting the the position is "everyone does it so why do you care"
Because caring about it is somehow "bad", but licking the boot and just passively accepting every bullshit thing a company does is ok, somehow.
Post edited February 03, 2026 by Luisfius
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