OK, I'm not arguing. However, I do think they want to make sure that "button click" wasn't automated.

I am just adding _my_ "free" games to _my_ library. If I automate that then what? If someone hacks my account and automatically does it for me then I am screwed horribly? I dont see it.

Are you sure that adding it wasn't calling out to any external system?

Also @GOG: I dont want you to "protect" me from my own stupidity (regarding the choice of a proper password) with captchas (in case my account gets hacked due to this predictable password).
I dont know if it was. My main point here - in case I am being unclear - is that it does not need to do any such a thing for adding the "free" autumn sale games to the account of the autumn-shopper.

Edit: I did not edit this post (before this line). GOG combined my posts - didnt know it would do that.

I can understand your frustration. But I don't think there was any malfeasance involved.

Oh my gawd, are you serious? You cannot possibly be this dense. Fine, one last try. I'm sorry, but I'm going to keep using the correct English words like "exception" in my explanations, there really aren't any simpler words that I could use to make comprehension easier for you.

You asked GOG to implement an exception to the captcha challenge rules based on three simple criteria: a user must be logged in, just spent $$$, have never before failed at inputting a correct code (your exact words). If GOG implements that exception exactly as you described it, all one has to do is hijack or already have an account in good standing, log in, manually buy one item and pass the captcha, then start running an automated script that takes advantage of the now disabled captcha to buy codes in bulk using fraudulent credit cards (something that happened multiple times before GOG starting trying to secure the system). The hole you created to avoid the nuisance of captcha on a freebie doesn't just eliminate that nuisance, it leaves the whole system open to exploitation. GOG cannot just bypass the captcha on freebie codes specifically because there is no way to tell the difference between a freebie code and a paid code: a code generated when someone buys Riddick as a gift is produced by the same system that generates codes for the free fall sale Riddick and is identical in format. Additionally the captcha itself is a function of the storefront with no actual connection to the codes themselves. Changing that would require a significant reworking of GOG's entire checkout and code issuing system, just to get around a meaningless complaint that only applies to a limited time period in specific circumstances that fall outside of well more than 90% of GOG's regular business and would likely make the system much less secure in the long run. Not worth it.

Again, if you lack the basic reasoning skills to understand all of this, you're your own from here on out.

EDIT - added clarification

...and yes, if you post more than once in a row and nobody posts in between you, it combines the post as a courtesy for those reading the forums.
OK, now I can ascertain that the tone of his post was upset. :)

To check a checkbox is too much for you...

Ernsthaft?!

No, it was frustration with his lack of comprehension. However, it is an little upsetting that someone in the world might actually be that dense and not just trolling.

I could be double dense sometimes and I have the floppy disks to prove it! :)

Where's my rimshot gif when I need it...

There is such a thing called "context". Quoting the first post :

"I bought some stuff on the sale and unlocked the free games, so I tried to redeem them."

This is the context. This is what I responded to. I have also said so earlier already. You completely ignore this (the first post context and me saying it). In no way did I propose that GOG should apply "my exact words" to buying stuff.

So no - given this context your example has no relevance as you are misapplying my three examples (which are not a complete algorithm for determination of a real person anyway) to some other situation - namely buying stuff.

So maybe you are just misunderstanding my complaint. So I say it again clearly:
a) If I buy some games on GOG and then get some "free" games due to that then I do not want to be harassed with a captcha.
b) Such captcha harassment (for the given context - see above) is conceptually unnecessary in terms of security.


(Actually I dont want to be harassed with a captcha anyway but it may provide some "semblance of security" against hijackers in some other cases - I am not arguing that point here.)
Did you actually read the thread?

Like this post: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/what_is_with_the_gog_captcha/post60

Not everybody wants to be part of the "google sees all" world.

Ghostery

Funny that you give a google link here. (And my "noscript" blocked the redirect.)