MasterofFiction: You seem to have missed the part where I said that everyone who wants to be subscribed should already be from the moment they created an account. All they really seem to be doing is trying to get people who don't want to be subscribed to stay subscribed simply because it is less hassle than unsubscribing every time they have a giveaway. As I said, if I recall correctly marketing e-mails are set to allowed when you first create an account here, so the only people not already subscribed are those who don't want to be. If that isn't the case, then that is what they should be doing instead of trying to re-enable the subscription with every giveaway. All that serves to do is annoy those who don't want to be subscribed. I don't see how it could possibly increase their subscription numbers, since as I said everyone who wants to be subscribed already should be.
So obviously the "explanation" isn't at all clear or we wouldn't be having this discussion. Which is why I want a real answer as to why they recently changed their giveaways to require enabling marketing e-mails. They didn't used to, and I don't see how this change could "help grow the platform".
Not sure what to tell you. Everything was explained to you, and multiple times in fact by several different people. You're just rejecting those explanations because they don't suit you.
How do you know for sure marketing e-mails are turned on by default? You say multiple times that people should already be subscribed if they want to be, and even questioning folks ability to read, but then you say "if you recall correctly" or "I believe" which calls into question the statements you've made. I'd suggest not questioning peoples reading comprehension when your own posts make you look... I guess I'll be nice and say clumsy.
I personally don't ever remember turning them off, and I can say with 100% confidence that I had to enable them myself. Now it's possible I could have disabled them many years ago, and I just don't remember. Maybe someone (not you) can confirm if that's the case or not.
I'd suspect that they're not on by default, because if they were then any new account created for the free game is already gonna get them. Perhaps they have data where a large number of active accounts don't have them on, and they want to change that. Again though, that would kind of suggest them not being on by default, because most people aren't wearing tin-foil hats... You know, the type who'd be up in arms about receiving wishlist alerts and sale reminder e-mails.
Regardless, GOG thinks it's a reasonable thing to ask for receiving a "free" game, and quite frankly, so do I. If you're having a snit because of GOG doing something to help themselves grow as a platform, (which is ultimately good for everyone here when it comes to future games and larger title acquisitions) then why are you even here? We're talking about harmless marketing e-mails... Optional ones at that! No one is forcing anyone to subscribe to these. If you want the free game you can turn them on, if not, well, you've lost nothing and your "privacy" is exactly where it was.
