Posted September 04, 2024
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https://www.gog.com/forum/general/i_started_a_new_wishlist_entry/post13
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Do you see an edit note on that post? No. Getting triggered over literally nothing. https://www.gog.com/forum/general/i_started_a_new_wishlist_entry/post13
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JakobFel: Just because you're comfortable with a corporation stealing your data so they can profit off of it, that doesn't mean we all have to accept it.
Them dangling the carrot of free games so they have a legal excuse to do so is the sort of trash that I do not accept.
BreOl72: You seem to miss the point (AGAIN!), that IT'S completely UP TO YOU, whether you "take the bait" - or not. Them dangling the carrot of free games so they have a legal excuse to do so is the sort of trash that I do not accept.
You don't want them "to steal" your data? (which they don't do, btw., since you give your consent by claiming the free game, despite being informed about "the costs" via the (not so) small print in the "Claim free game" field) - THEN DON'T CLAIM THE FREE GAME.
I'll repeat myself: despite your claim in your initial post, nobody is FORCING you to claim a free game.
No GOG employee is holding a gun at your temple or twisting your arm behind your back.
It's only your own greed that does it.
Here's a funny little fact (I'm quoting you here): "You don't HAVE to claim freebies".
You know: that very same little fact, to which you added: "...come on. Get outta here with that crap."
To say it with Taylor: "It's YOU, hi, YOU'RE the problem, it's YOU"
Yes, they're stealing it. Sure, they have LEGAL "consent" but only because they used scumbag lawyerese to get it.
THESLITHERYDEE: This old chestnut pops up yet again. There's no such thing as a free meal. Eat or don't. I could understand the outrage if it was hidden, but they are up front with what they are doing.
Don't call it a freebie or a giveaway if you're going to covertly opt a person in to legal "consent" (which is bullcrap) to steal a person's data. JakobFel: That would be my assumption as well. I don't mind GOG knowing that. I'm not comfortable with them giving that info to big tech data theft companies in exchange for money.
I don't think I ever called anyone a simp. I said people are simping.
It's crap because what person DOESN'T want to claim freebies if it's something that interests them? It's screwed up that they'd dangle a carrot and say "Hey, check it out, free games!" so they have a scumbag legal excuse to sell my data, claiming "but you consented!"
The adult thing to do is to stand up for your rights.
Yes, it is MY data because it's data on my system and my habits.
Just because you're comfortable with a corporation stealing your data so they can profit off of it, that doesn't mean we all have to accept it. Them dangling the carrot of free games so they have a legal excuse to do so is the sort of trash that I do not accept. Again, when GOG claims to be about freedom and ownership, yet their biggest PC competitor does the direct opposite with this privacy issue, there's something really wrong going on here.
Yeah, that's fair, I hadn't really noticed until recently. I've been mostly on Steam for the past year or so because of various reasons and coming back to this issue didn't exactly make me feel welcomed back... and many of the replies here only make that worse.
I'm okay with opt-in systems. I even opted in to them collecting data in Cyberpunk and on Galaxy so that they could improve their products. I'm NOT comfortable with them selling that data just because I claimed a free game, however. It's incredibly unfair and so starkly different from the whole "freedom and ownership" philosophy GOG used to have.
marcob: That "edgy activist" attitude won't help and rarely has helped. It's mostly about endurance (a form of endurance is to not claim) and not about hassle. This kind of erosion has been going on since almost 20 years. I don't think I ever called anyone a simp. I said people are simping.
It's crap because what person DOESN'T want to claim freebies if it's something that interests them? It's screwed up that they'd dangle a carrot and say "Hey, check it out, free games!" so they have a scumbag legal excuse to sell my data, claiming "but you consented!"
The adult thing to do is to stand up for your rights.
Yes, it is MY data because it's data on my system and my habits.
Just because you're comfortable with a corporation stealing your data so they can profit off of it, that doesn't mean we all have to accept it. Them dangling the carrot of free games so they have a legal excuse to do so is the sort of trash that I do not accept. Again, when GOG claims to be about freedom and ownership, yet their biggest PC competitor does the direct opposite with this privacy issue, there's something really wrong going on here.
Yeah, that's fair, I hadn't really noticed until recently. I've been mostly on Steam for the past year or so because of various reasons and coming back to this issue didn't exactly make me feel welcomed back... and many of the replies here only make that worse.
I'm okay with opt-in systems. I even opted in to them collecting data in Cyberpunk and on Galaxy so that they could improve their products. I'm NOT comfortable with them selling that data just because I claimed a free game, however. It's incredibly unfair and so starkly different from the whole "freedom and ownership" philosophy GOG used to have.