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Posted March 18, 2020
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Just wanted to say I agree 100% with your user title and love your avatar.
Post edited March 18, 2020 by GameRager
Posted March 18, 2020
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Links: I never engage with someone representing a company on a personal level. If I see a blue post then it means I'm talking to a GOG.COM employee who is representing that company, I don't care who they are as far as that particular interaction goes; I don't even look at the user name if I don't need to.
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GameRager: This doesn't answer my question(or maybe you hinted at it and I didn't get it): Do you want people risking their jobs to give you a more verbose/in depth answer?
If I always take my communications with employees representing a company just as that, and not as a personal communication with that individual, how could I ever ask anything from them that would go against the company's designs? My comments are at the company GOG.COM, not at some particular employee.

Would you care to comment on how your original opinion over my post (making it short: "the poor person is just doing what they are told, how dare you!") has nothing to do with what I was saying? Read my comment again, realizing I'm talking to GOG.COM, not to [let me look it up...] "Ashleee", and express your opinion then if you care.

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Links: After beginning to read the rest of your post, I'm not reading the rest. I got your "let's put everyone who complains about any particular thing that GOG does in the same bag without really addressing any of their criticisms" view form your first couple of posts in the thread. No need for me to read you reiterate any of it.
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GameRager: The other stuff(past the ===) was more me musing and to everyone here, not to you specifically(sorry if it came off as such)....and also NOT about everyone complaining about this.

That said I wasn't trying to address anyone's criticisms(I did that in a few others posts elsewhere) ...I was just trying to raise what I see as a valid point: i.e. that in THIS CASE there are some complaining over this ONE thing, who were seemingly okay with GOG when GOG gave them/us a bunch of other things. To me this is a bit hypocritical of the few doing it, so I felt the need to mention it.
I try to discuss ideas, not people. I couldn't care less what Peter, Paul or Mary have said in the past if what they say now is logical and factual. I do not keep "virtual personas" of forum participants in my head, and try to use my brain power for better things. That is on top of me simply not knowing anything about those past opinions since I keep out of the usual forum drama, either for or against GOG.

In this particular case, even if I cared about the "forumites" past record: how could praising someone for an action and then disagreeing with actions that same someone takes, that go in direct opposition to the previous action's spirit, ever be called hypocrisy? To the contrary, it is perfectly consistent thought and behaviour.
Posted March 18, 2020
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chandra: After announcing that we’re ceasing the active development for GOG Downloader 6 years ago, the time has come to disable it. We put a lot of work into making GOG.COM an up-to-date place for gamers. Supporting GOG Downloader, which became an obsolete tool some time ago, simply does not go hand in hand with the goal we mentioned above.

In a week from now, we will deactivate GOG Downloader entirely, and it won’t be possible to download any files with it. As of the 17th of March, there will be two methods of downloading games from GOG.COM – via the browser or with the GOG GALAXY app. For more information on how to download your games and digital goodies go here.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Fuck dude, that program was perfect lol.
I use on my old computer, just the downloader, galaxy is heavy and unecessary lol.
Why abbanddon a feature? It's really expensive leave the downloader without update but functional? :(
Thats really sad dude, the browser download fail sometimes, rip.
Say hello to utorrent again wtf
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chandra: After announcing that we’re ceasing the active development for GOG Downloader 6 years ago, the time has come to disable it. We put a lot of work into making GOG.COM an up-to-date place for gamers. Supporting GOG Downloader, which became an obsolete tool some time ago, simply does not go hand in hand with the goal we mentioned above.

In a week from now, we will deactivate GOG Downloader entirely, and it won’t be possible to download any files with it. As of the 17th of March, there will be two methods of downloading games from GOG.COM – via the browser or with the GOG GALAXY app. For more information on how to download your games and digital goodies go here.
Make a galaxy lite with just download feature please, lol without libary interface and nothing else.
I don't want stupid archievments or nothing like that, just play my old fucking games original and in peace with a clean and light client.
Rip
Post edited March 18, 2020 by Korphx
Posted March 18, 2020
Vote with your wallet and make sure GOG knows why you are or aren't buying (especially directly/not just on the forum, message to Support or social media).
Posted March 18, 2020
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chandra: ...which became an obsolete tool some time ago...
Not at all.
I download all my installers using GOG downloader.

If you include that functionality in Galaxy, that's fine by me. THEN it's obsolete. Right now? It certainly is not.

"Obsolete" in my understanding (as software developer) means, that all it's functionality is either not used or replaced by another, better functionality.
Could someone please state how I can now add all installer files for several games (and bonus material) in a download queue with 2 clicks and have them downloaded into separate directories?
Post edited March 18, 2020 by neumi5694
Posted March 18, 2020
Fun fact: it's the 18th of March and my GOG Downloader is still functioning. Big Smile :-)
Post edited March 18, 2020 by DubConqueror
Posted March 18, 2020
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DubConqueror: Fun fact: it's the 18th of March and my GOG Downloader is still functioning. Big Smile :-)
Glad to hear that. How do you download your purchases now that there are no GOG downloader links ;)? Cheers
Posted March 18, 2020
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GameRager: And over worrying doesn't help and can actually be counter productive, plus just complaining in forum threads does next to nothing(this isn't me trying to be crude/rude btw, it's the sad truth).
It seems you are equating over-worrying and under-worrying. They are not equivalent. The possible result of under-worrying is losing the one store of big DRM-free games in existence. The possible result of me over-worrying, is annoying you and other users who don't want to believe me. Not the same gravity.

As for the second part, prove it. People complained in forum threads and other changes were rolled back, like the autoplaying videos and the Galaxy-bundled in with offline installers. I am not saying the correlation necessarily proves causation, but I am saying that we can't rule it out either (like you are claiming).

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GameRager: You want to change things? Go on social media/etc...
You know what, no. It's GOG's responsibility to analyze the opinions of their customer base. That means as long as there is a forum, this is a relevant place to criticize changes to the site, since GOG should be analyzing what is said here. You are the one who keeps saying "they're a business", right? Well, a smart business accurately accounts for all of its customers, not just the ones on "trusted partner" Facebook.
Posted March 18, 2020
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DubConqueror: Fun fact: it's the 18th of March and my GOG Downloader is still functioning. Big Smile :-)
You can login, but can't download anything.:(
Posted March 18, 2020
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DubConqueror: Fun fact: it's the 18th of March and my GOG Downloader is still functioning. Big Smile :-)
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deja65: Glad to hear that. How do you download your purchases now that there are no GOG downloader links ;)? Cheers
I've always used Adalia Fundamentals to show the Downloader Links by default in my library and nothing did change: they're still there.
Posted March 18, 2020
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GameRager: (Also they still have drm-free on all of their SP games.....so no, they haven't dropped every single founding principle....yet. And due to that, I hold out hope, slim as it may be)
Granted I was not here on the site at the time...but I don't think the founding principle was "DRM-free on all of their SP games". It was just DRM-free, period. Let's have a "rollback feature" to that standard.
Posted March 18, 2020
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deja65: Glad to hear that. How do you download your purchases now that there are no GOG downloader links ;)? Cheers
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DubConqueror: I've always used Adalia Fundamentals to show the Downloader Links by default in my library and nothing did change: they're still there.
Nice one. Gonna try that out ASAP. Thank you +1.
Posted March 18, 2020
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DubConqueror: Fun fact: it's the 18th of March and my GOG Downloader is still functioning. Big Smile :-)
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Moonbeam: You can login, but can't download anything.:(
I did download the vanilla Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate 2: Shadow of Amn as a test and they did download. I wouldn't have said it's a fact it's functioning if it wasn't downloading anything.
Posted March 18, 2020
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deja65: Glad to hear that. How do you download your purchases now that there are no GOG downloader links ;)? Cheers
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DubConqueror: I've always used Adalia Fundamentals to show the Downloader Links by default in my library and nothing did change: they're still there.
Yeah, I expect gog to remedy that soon.

Can't afford too many holes in the funnel.
Posted March 18, 2020
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never used it good bye o/
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