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Like it or not
but i lived the "wild times" and the freedom and responsibility that came with that
Obviously i get angry when i see said freedom gets cut left right and center
specially on a platform that i choose as primary shop for my games

and the facts stand
Geoblocking and strong age verifiction demands suck
big time

and if you think stating and argument with the underlining valid reasons is a rant
then youngster i have to say, that would be a missperception on your part ^^

no matter, what i said stands
not up to me what you do with it, everyone is free to believe whatever they want to believe

I know this thread is old, but i just realized that there is something like geoblocking here on gog.
I got now several newsletter in german and with games on a banner which are not accessible. The links are "dead". Took me some time to realize it.
It was for a nsfw games sale.
This really itches me, that i see something advertised for me but i can't access it.
A shame i thought gog is a safespace for games and they are want to preserve and distribute old and new games.

You can, as far as I know redeem a game gift code. If you trade or get a code for such games, it is an option.

Astounding that the concept of using a VPN apparently still is eluding some people.

Indeed. Just imagine, a wrapper around your internet connection that pops you out in another country and you're identified in another country. It also has the added bonus of some file services that you can only download 1 file a day to several;

Or not having your bandwidth monitored by the ISP and then getting threat emails for 'you were detected using a torrent for "Extra large juicy asses Volume 4", pay us $300 or we'll threaten to sue you'.

*fixed*

To my understanding, other companies in some legal fights get access to look over traffic data, and then use that traffic data to flag if someone is downloading something 'unofficial'. The ISP is suppose to act as a utility (unbiased) and has no grounds on anything (course without a VPN they see what you like going to and in theory could blackmail you, or forward said stream to say the NSA/CIA).

At worst they would throttle speeds; but won't shut down your internet.

Dunno how it works where you are, but in some locales(including mine) the local providers will issue you around 4-6** warnings. First few warnings are emails/paper letters/etc, then they temp block your internet access(have to call them and/or click a button on some 'do not torrent/etc' scare page in order to get internet back), then they(in some cases) take it away entirely. As to why they do this, they probably don't want to face a suit/etc from content holders if they let the infrigement continue.

(**afaik warning counts go down if a net user goes a certain period without their ISP getting any complaints from rights holders)

Advertising silliness aside, it isn't really about GOG, but more about the country involved and GOG abiding by that country's censorship rules, else maybe GOG itself will be banned in that country.

And of course GOG have so much on their plate that they struggle to keep up with, so if a game changes status it takes a while to be picked up.


Not at all, that's just your bias showing.

Many folk don't like VPN for a variety of reasons ... throttling speed, cost, effect on PC settings ... just to mention 3 of several reasons.

The MIAA and MPAA found they just got bad PR and going after people just results in hundreds of thousands in legal fees and.... very little coming back to them, even if they win most of the time in court. And i'm sure a lot of other companies are like patent trolls, who throw out legal threats and will not pursue but hope to scare people into paying or complying.

In the US i heard back in 2015 or so the 'three strikes law' or something, where you'd get at least 3 warnings before legal action would be considered, per year. Though with youtube and video/audio downloaders 99% of that goes out the window.

I'm not saying a true threat isn't there, but using a VPN to obfuscate at this point is just good practice at this point.