Do people not read the OP? Maybe GOG should write in huge bold letters from now on :P

My god, someone reasonable.

"We hope the feature turns out to be particularly useful soon, when you may just feel compelled to click really, really fast."
Guys, the blue's are hinting at something really nice that everybody is talking about, wallets shiver,and usually at this time of the year ;) soooo.... Cheers.

I approve. It's more secure than typing the card number every time, considering I often buy games at work.

I agree that it is actually more secure for the people who enter their credit card number each time. Every time you do that, you could have malware on your system logging your keystrokes. I'm not sure if I'll use this feature, but it's arrival doesn't frighten me.

Edit: Nevermind. :)

That... Can be done. Would you settle for cute woodland creatures BEATING THE CRAP OUT OF EACH OTHER?
I think a pony will the among them at some point...

When did that happen?
No I won't settle, give me my pony.

If you already have malware on your system then you're fucked as the thieves can just steal the log in information for the bank website.

It also means that anybody that breaks into your account can use your CC token to gift themselves games. Yes, that's rather far-fetched, but it's definitely possible.
I'm not sure exactly, but by the time of that first insomnia sale they were already doing it. Basically, you have to be here logged in at all times if you want to get the deals, so no work and no sleep either if you don't want to miss the deals. The time machine sale was pretty bad for that as well, the only game I would have bought was in the first hour, and there were periods where I'd be at work or a sleep and wouldn't even have the option of buying those games.

All in all, it's pretty clear that GOG doesn't respect us at all anymore. Certainly not to the extent they did early on.

What was 'the way it was'? When they only sold old games, had a fraction of the sales they do now and probably a fraction of the user base? GoG was never this white knight in shining armor you make them out to be. They are a store and a business, trying to stay alive and relevant in an industry that eats up the small guys. Offering something of convenience isn't 'selling' out, it's offering things that make them stay competitive. It's also things that most buyers prefer.

Have a +1 for one of the informed posts from fellow jack-of-all-trades dev (mainly web for last year or two). While I won't be using it, it's not for a fear of gog being hacked from outside. Security theory behind this is sound, it's widely used in other authentication scenarios ("log in with google account", or Facebook come to mind). Only issue I see is trusting GOG to have good security practices to eliminate risk of bad employee abusing this. Even then, it would be more of an annoyance than a threat if someone did abuse it - it's only good for purchases on gog, which gog could easily refund, after sacking the ones responsible. It's much more secure than anything I have ever encountered in e-commerce so far, certainly better than entering the number manually every time. And since it is optional, I don't see what the fuss is about.

Their whole marketing strategy for the first few years was that they were this white knight that was different and it's not just that they've changed it's that they continue to lie about it. They insist that their core values aren't the core values that they claimed to have previously.

Changes for the worse are bad enough, but lying about it is rather pathetic. And it greatly reduces my interest in buying games from them.

And yes, it is selling out. They aren't offering it because it's convenient, they're offering it for predatory reasons. The insomnia sale is probably coming up. A time when people are going to be tired and likely to buy something in order to justify having stayed up late to see if there was something they'd want to buy. Adding that kind of a convenience is pretty much designed as a way of taking advantage of people.

All in all, I'm really disgusted and disappointed with the way they've sold out. They're barely any better than Valve at this point and getting worse.

I have a Philosophy degree, Hedwards. I'm not cringing because I fail to understand; I'm cringing because I see through.
The spirit and the letter are served here. Even if you disagree with the solution, it remains optional, so you're not forced to use it. All I see are attempts at making everything more secure AND more free.
You've been here almost as long as I have. I see that you are angry, but I know that you are also reasonable. Be honest with yourself - are you blaming them for what they truly have done here, or were you already angry with them, and this just gave you another reason to vent your frustration?
There are issues to be dealt with, and having every announcement met with grumbling of disapproval will just make eventual legitimate worries all the less impactful. People will just get (partially) dismissed as the unpleasable crowd of permanent whiners.
If you take issue with the current solution and would like to point people towards a better or more secure one, I'm sure everyone would gladly hear you out. Otherwise, you have the option to ignore this new feature or make use of it and utilize whatever security it provides.

That's vague as hell, and you know it. I might as well tell you that I have seen them, and that they are good people.
No, literally, I went there a few years ago.
I disagree with the whole concept of "selling out" anyway. They got a little more popular; they are expanding their business bit by bit, and things are going quite well. There are certain objections I have, and I'd prefer to see improvement in certain areas, but the doom-and-gloom approach is just not justified.

It's not selected by default, that is good, however I would like an option to disable this feature altogether.