Then GOG should remove those shit features. Remove the shit wallet. Remove the shit regional pricing. Remove the shit Galaxy.

I own my shit here because I download and keep the installer for every game I own. No amount of shenanigans on GOG's part can remove that from me.

Stop renting your shit and you will be less troubled about hackers.

On Humble I often have to wait up to an hor before I even get the f***ing code to login. I absolutely hate their two-step-authentication. I'm really glad it's optional here.

Which wouldn't be the case if GOG asked for verification before letting the change go through, just like a ton of sties do for ages now, instead of just sending a confirmation email after the fact, telling you to contact support if they weren't made by you.



Good to hear this. I guess that GOG made a special exception in my case when they never sent me the email about the latest changes to their User Agreement and Privacy Policy, and I had to get the link form a friend.

Sigh.. -_-

are you nuts? what regional pricing or galaxy has to do with hackers who break into accounts to buy gifts codes using stolen card numbers to resell them later on g2a and similar places?

by your "logic" gog should block ability to buy gifts or better stop selling games at all to be safe.

It is not 2FA, it is called "Humble Bundle Account Protection" and it uses cookies like this one. The only way to disable it is by using 2FA on humblebundle.

https://support.humblebundle.com/hc/en-us/articles/202434394-Humble-Account-Browser-Verification You'll probably down vote my posts for now on but it needs to be said. In this internet world we have now it is much better to block javascript, use an adblocker, and clear cookies/caches as much as possible when going out of the specific site you were in. In fact when I am forced to enable nasty third party javascripts/ disabling ublock origin like on mega.com I use another browser on an ram drive, the folders delete themselves after closing the browser. That browser profile has no bookmarks and is as generic as it could be. Our browsers, because they constantly evolve are a buggy mess and soon crackers will find ways to exploit html5.
Most people will do nasty things to others when they can benefit and get away with it. Blaming people like you did with eiii for not bowing on corporations demands is doing ignorance. Not following the "crowd" mentality is the way to go.

Oh, they don't even need to benefit.

You do realize that Google provides options to greatly reduce said mining?

Which, I'll hazard a guess at, you need to make an account & keep logged in with to do so?
Sort of defeats the point ;)

Great. That means even their email sending is bugged. Why am I not surprised ;-)

If by defeats the point, you mean you're allowed to clear and freeze web history, then sure.

I also find that it's not as sensual these days.

I understand why they may want to to do this, but I wonder how that is going to affect theif flash sales, when they only have an allotted amount of titles for a specified price. I thought GOG did that a few times.

Al least GOG is giving us an option to opt out if we wish, which is very much appreciated.

People tend to stay logged on during such sales, and that's definitely the advice always. Plus, if the system works well and especially since we're talking about an e-mail 2fa, not a phone one, it shouldn't really matter in most cases, bar for those games gone in seconds. And for those even logging on normally may be an issue, hence the strong advice to stay logged on if interested in those sales.
And, like you said, those who don't like it can just turn it off.

Thanks for the heads-up. I don't check my email every day (or even every other day <g>), so haven''t yet seen this.

I followed the "opt out" link you posted, and got "opted-out".

However, if it's based on local cookies, then it's probably not going to work for me, because I browse where all my cookies get deleted on browser exit. I won't compromise that choice by having it "remember" to save GOG cookies.

So.. if it's cookie-based, that means that I won't be effectively opted-out. Thusly, logging-in is going to be a hassle. That will end up meaning less engagement with the site on my part. Which will mean fewer forum posts (big whoop) and (more important to them), fewer buys from me. My library says I have nearly 700 games, so I have plenty to play without having to buy more.

I guess we'll see how this gets implemented..