OMG imagine that if you die you actually take copy of all your possessions but you're unable to acquire anything new for eternity.

OK, I just imagined it, and it doesn't seem all too bad for me.

Now, imagine an eternity with just new stuff, and nothing that you own now, on the other hand...

It can be even worse. Imagine you take all your Windows games with you, but in the afterworld they use only MacOS! Aaaaahhh!!!

Reminds me of a joke i heard a while back.

A millionaire is close to dying so he calls in his three lawyers. He orders them that when he dies they are to put his money in his casket when he's buried so he can take it into the afterlife. He gives them each 100 million dollars. The man dies, and soon there's a funeral.

The three lawyers show up, each putting something into the casket, and then it's put into the ground. Later the three lawyers go to have a drink at a local bar to talk about what had happened. The first lawyer said "I converted the money into precious stones, and put them all in the casket". The second Lawyer admitted he only put half the money he had been given, and kept the other half, rather ashamed. The last laywer scoffed at both of them. "I put a certified check of the full 100 million in. He can cash it any time he likes".

And now this thread is taking a dark turn. I must be in an emo or goth forum of sorts.

Uhm, let's hope you never get dementia, and die a peaceful death at 103 years of age.

At which time GOG has long since turned in their 60 days notice as detailed under 17.3 of their User Agreement.

It's as dark as it was when it started :P. Death is a natural part of life, no darker than bad things that can happen while being alive (sometimes even preferable to them). Soooo...

Having a good life does not necessarily equate to having a long live. As for dementia, there are ways to make it less likely to happen and it's never too early to start.

Dark turn? Are you referring to somebody else's posts, because the thread title was "what happens to my gog collection after i die?", which is what i referred to, plus dementia, which is less than death ... though some might call that a living death for the recipient?

Death or something like Dementia, are moments when you yourself lose control of your accounts, GOG included.

And when it comes to legal jargon, something like 'cannot share your account' could be interpreted in more than one way. Take my situation, where I have a GOG account but use my wife's VISA debit credit card to purchase my games at GOG. It's not really a joint account, but we use it as such, topping it up at need from my own account which I never use online. I suspect that in the small print somewhere, share means outside of my household situation.

At the very least, it would not be in GOG's interests for them to pursue or act on a household share.

Believe me, it isn't. :(

There is only a household share, you your legal partner, and your children (or parents) are sharing everything including your washed pants and only your personal will decide what of yours is personal. Unless you have a separation agreement, household goods are not legally personal. It is different when you are on your own. Family can, but Friends cannot (unless registered as a legal person). It is impossible to tell families to behave like they don`t know each other couples bathing and sleeping together and sharing all accounts on daily basis as from observation. Imagine a dark world where 2+2 families are totally on their screens, with their passwords, not wanting to talk with each other, hiding from each other stuff they are browsing, and quietly spending money before it`s gone....lol keep your dark future to yourself whoever wants it, I am keeping my freedom of micro togetherness above everything else...this is where my love to people starts...I want to love people because I want to and not because I was told to do so, it has to be honest...
Things must be designed for people.
So what will happen to your gog collection after you die?
You better decide before you die, we will all die one day, write a will or count on inherit law. : )

Thanks for Sunday Catharsis ^

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Doubtful. Don't know about you but it never happened to me.

(And yes this can only age greatly.)