mothwentbad: All that "offline mode" means is that if you take your laptop on vacation, then you *might* need to get an internet connection to play single-player games rather than that you'll definitely need one running the whole time. I'd rather wait 48 hours for a patch than not actually own the games I buy. God forbid GoG employees should get weekends.
It's more significant than that, Steam's process is automated - there's no curator that isn't made of code, so of course patches roll out automatically. It's apparently not so automated with GoG, which is fine with me, they need to make sure it's all compatible and it's that extra touch that makes GoG worth investing in.
And I'm already on board that if GoG has the game, it's my preferred place to buy, but talking about Steam like it's unusable garbage is somewhat uninformed. Offline mode works very well, I can tell you from experience as I've had to use it the last four months running and am using it now, too. Origin is the worst offender for Offline Mode sucking, since a system restart forces you to log back in to verify the account - now that is obnoxious.
GoG's DRM-free is obviously the best of the methods of protecting games - trust your users and be rewarded with lots of money and respect. That is not in dispute. But I feel it's a bit silly to rage against the Steam machine when it isn't really as described in the thread. That sounds more like a second-hand opinion than someone who has actually used it extensively. You're describing how Steam was three years ago, not how it is today :p
Of course, GoG has been rock solid since day one what with the no DRM at all, so advantage team GoG, but again, that's not in dispute :)