Zrevnur: But from my POV part of the point of such a boycott is "to change the world" so that an otherwise/previously "sensible" business decision becomes a questionable or bad business decision. In the end whether such a business decision is (financially speaking) sensible or not solely depends on the reaction of the market. So from that perspective the idea is to change the market so that the business becomes (in terms of the decisions it makes) more likable to the boycotters.
If everybody acts like you ("I will take whatever is thrown at me") then its a financially sensible business decision. But if everybody acts like the boycotters ("I will boycott due to such perceived wrongdoings") then its a financially bad business decision. Ultimately from a financial perspective this is a numbers game. But OTOH if no one ever starts something like a boycott (I am not referring to the organization of such a boycott) then the business has absolute power and gets away with whatever it wants.
I like numbers games. As a Linux gamer, I've learned to live with being represented by a tiny market share. Even then we do pretty well, despite the 0.8% of us.
I read somewhere that to start enacting meaningful change, i.e. have a chance at changing the way people thought or acted, you only need to mobilise about 3% of the population. It seems far off for you guys, but maybe one day you'll get there.
I have little hope GOG will do anything about it though even if you reach the critical threshold, they're not the most...active video game distributor around, nor that successful in the market to not be bullied by market forces.
Still, I'm really amazed at your ability to not buy more games and play them, due to such a seemingly irrelevant thing. I guess I kinda respect that, even if I don't really understand it.
