The thing is GOG should put 'Galaxy installers' under the 'MORE' tab and provide 'classic installers' by default. We already have a big 'Try GOG Galaxy' blue button in each game page.

Like I said before- right now the installers that include Galaxy are the default alternative to "TRY GALAXY". Because that's logic.

The rationale behind those Galaxy bundled installer was to makes it easier for new users who don't know they need to download Galaxy separately to have access to auto-update, cloud save, etc... Putting those installers behind an extra menu would kind of defeat this purpose. I do agree that having a account setting to chose which installers are presented by default would be the ideal though.

And wouldn't it be more logical to not include Galaxy on some installers and simply show "TRY GALAXY" in all game pages? Like it has been said many times, you only need to install Galaxy one time so include it in some installers makes no sense.

The problem here is that many old users (including me) are not interested in Galaxy at all, and there was no Galaxy in the installers when we bought the (DRM-Free) games. I understand the fact that GOG wants to 'show' Galaxy to new users, but (like you said) they also should give old users the option to not show it at all. I would love to have that account setting.

The writing on the wall has been there for a while, the direction GOG is heading in. My long-term trust regarding DRM-free standalone installers being available is gone. So I have backed up my whole library over the last couple of days (quite a chore, and more so because of this deceptive default showing of Galaxy-infested versions). Thank god I don't own half of the catalog on here; those with a huge library I don't envy when it comes to backing up all "classic" installers, before those might possibly vanish in the future.

If you use either Galaxy and the downloader, both download the classic installers and you don't have to click for each files individually making it a lot easier and faster..

GOG could say whatever they want to say.
I just do not trust them anymore.

Well, it should be clear from what I was saying that I do not want to install Galaxy. Also, the downloader does not work on my XP machine.

Hey, I'm not defending GOG, just providing information. I personally feel it's only a matter of time before the classic installers are either not provided at all, or if they are, they'll eventually just not be updated.

change of heart

Okay, the weird thing there is the game file is labelled as "GOG Galaxy Game Installers", located right under the big blue "Try Galaxy" button. So, the not-so-tech-savvy would more than likely go "Hmmm, better grab Galaxy for that GOG Galaxy game installer", install Galaxy, then get... what? An installer that contains Galaxy? Seems logical... O_o

change of heart

RealPlayer was also like this trying to shove additional software in by default with nearly hidden options to make it not do that.
RealPlayer has gone the way of the dinosaur.
This is the day I leave for Steam.

You don't even have to leave your library. Click on the game in your library to bring the pop-up page with the install file links and change to classic installers. Close the pop-up page. Click on the game again. Pop-up page has reset to GOG Galaxy installers. It's the default setting, with no toggle, so no amount of fiddling is going to make it stick.

See discussion above

Of course that's GOG's fault. Notifications should work, yet it would still require people to actually check their messages.

1) It's not vital information about the games you own. It's information (whether vital or not is debatable) about the installation method of said games. Like changing the installers and breaking wine compatibilty (v1.x->v2.x) or breaking InnoExtract compatibility (encrypted rar archives), which should obviously also be announced to the world.
2) My time in the GOG forum have taught me that people are like π, aka irrational. What you consider important enough to get an e-mail about is not something everyone considers important enough to get one.

True, I saw a list, I read the list and ignored the rest. Could it be that said suggestion was not important enough to be added to the list, or were you trying to hide it somewhere you could say it was posted but not clearly visible? Nah, I'm probably just paranoid.

Not really, I just like debating. Blame whoever killed me in the current mafia game.

For the same reason there are arguments about DRM. Because what is "obviously, blatantly" is neither obviously, nor blatantly.

And they do. They assume their customers know to look in the forum for news, people say that no, customers are stupid, you should go door to door and tell them in person (hyperbole). They say ok, people will not be able to do X on their own, let's make it easier for them, people say that no, don't treat your customers as idiots.
So, tell me, are the customers intelligent enough to be able to find information on their own, in which case the forum thread is enough information, or are they not intelligent enough and GOG should do anything they can to assist them with even the simpler task? Or should every customer decide for themselves and we shouldn't be taking up the torches and pitchforks for "The Greater Good"?

I consider myself properly warned. I do consider everyone else at least as intelligent and rational as me (so π), and I don't think I should be telling anyone what to do.

Considering I'm here, I'd say quite a lot.