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Posted 2 days ago
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PookaMustard: they've got zero incentive to force website users into the Galaxy. It'll only be doomsday and bad press. Unlike Steam which built its audience through Stockholm Syndrome, GOG actually built theirs with goodwill. A move like that is like detonating a nuclear bomb on yourself - not wise and it kills you.
That's the sensible take, IMHO. And I hope GOG management continue seeing it that way.

If my ability to download my installers and keep newer games' installers up to date with a simple, automated tool (e.g gogrepo or lgogdownloader) was taken away, I would have made my last purchase here.

I've used Galaxy and Heroic from time to time, but that way I don't get to test the installers, so I've never stuck with it for long. (In my opinion, Galaxy 2.0 is a bloated horror show anyway.)
Posted 2 days ago
Benefit of not using Galaxy = not needing to buy a new computer.

I search the web using a computer running Linux, and I use that same computer to download GOG installers. I could put Windows 7 back on it, which it was preinstalled with, but I don't think Galaxy supports Windows 7, and I'd then have the extra hassle of having to restore the Linux image whenever I want to surf the web again, and vice versa (I'm not bothering with dual booting). And I'm also not wasting money buying Windows 11 for a computer that can't support it, nor do I want to be surfing the web with Windows 11 anyway.

Other benefits:
- My gaming PC is offline and it's staying that way. That means no clients. I get to play my games when, where & how I want.
- Fast gaming as I don't need to run antivirus software on my gaming PC, nor have the client running in the background.
- Gaming is relaxing as big brother can't look over my shoulder. I don't need to care about what achievements I did or didn't collect as no one will ever see them.
- Launching games is fast as I've created shortcuts on my desktop for them.
Posted 2 days ago
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agogfan: I could put Windows 7 back on it, which it was preinstalled with, but I don't think Galaxy supports Windows 7...
I don't know if Galaxy 2.0 still works on Windows 7 (and I don't intend to install it to find out), but at the very least it used to. For example, see this post about 2.0.42.21. Even then, Galaxy 1.2.67.58 still functions on Windows 7. Though, achievements no longer work on Windows 7 (oh no, whatever will I do).
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SultanOfSuave: I don't know if Galaxy 2.0 still works on Windows 7 (and I don't intend to install it to find out), but at the very least it used to. For example, see this post about 2.0.42.21. Even then, Galaxy 1.2.67.58 still functions on Windows 7. Though, achievements no longer work on Windows 7 (oh no, whatever will I do).
I did try to install Galaxy a long, long time ago when I was getting annoyed having to download the offline installers from the website individually due to them being broken up into 4GB chunks, whereas the old GOG Downloader queued all the required files automatically and verified them at the same time.

If I tried harder, I probably could have gotten an older version of Galaxy operational, like the one you linked to, and then created an image of the installation on Windows 7 and then just restored that image temporarily every time I wanted to download a new or updated game from GOG. But since Windows 7 is deprecated, and who knows how many backdoors are left in it, I'm not sure it would be 100% safe to use without a sophisticated hardware firewall solution, which is beyond my technical proficiency currently. The more I learn about security the less secure I feel :(
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agogfan: But since Windows 7 is deprecated, and who knows how many backdoors are left in it, I'm not sure it would be 100% safe to use without a sophisticated hardware firewall solution, which is beyond my technical proficiency currently. The more I learn about security the less secure I feel :(
God knows how many. Too many to list, a list that only grows as time passes. At one time I had memorised some of the ones I might reasonably run into, but eventually the simplest course of action was to just throw in the towel, keep it segmented and offline, and do the same as you.
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SultanOfSuave: God knows how many. Too many to list, a list that only grows as time passes. At one time I had memorised some of the ones I might reasonably run into, but eventually the simplest course of action was to just throw in the towel, keep it segmented and offline, and do the same as you.
I'm not ashamed of my tin-foil hat /\ ;)
Posted 2 days ago
I mainly use Galaxy to download files, it is better than download one by one.

And rarely to make a roll back.

I would say than even is dangerous because it is possible that by a mistake of ours, games updated without we want.
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