Snickersnack: That's a 16 page thread. Could you share your concerns or otherwise summarize it for us?
I bought and archived about 50 games from Gamergate's "DRM-free" category 2011-15 and have been pretty happy with them. Did something change?
Orkhepaj: YEah he should clarify whats wrong with that site.
Just linking a huge topic doesnt cut it.
As far as I see they just use drm when you download / install the game but with a trick you can backup the installer which is dmr free. So it is very similar to gog.
JakobFel: GOG may not be the only DRM-free distributor but they're certainly the largest and the one I'm most loyal to.
Orkhepaj: Yup it doesn't have to be drmfree only. Maybe it should offer drm games too so more publishers would choose gog. And there could be drmfree and drm version for games with free version little more expensive like 5-10%.
In which case, steam, epic can also be added to the list of drm free stores. Plenty of games from there can be run in just the same way. So this topic really is mute as most stores are drm free stores, other than windows store, uplay, r* social.
Me, I do not treat any store which profiligates drm, supports drm, needs tricks to circumvent things, possibly has nasty things hiding underneath etc. Even GOG is suspect in some cases with its galaxy push, gwent, couple of other mostly online games etc.
As for that site specifically, if you need “tricks” to get a product, it can’t be classed as drm free, otherwise all could be. Download a game from steam, well you just need to apply the crack and hey presto a drm free copy.