If it’s provided via cloud services, it’s always temporary access controlled by platforms.
this post was submitted on 31 May 2026
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It’s why I treat everything cloud-based as a rental now. If I can't install it locally and back up the data myself, I don't really own it.
Calling Steam safe(r) and failing to mention GOG feels like extremely lazy journalism.
My bad, GOG is absolutely the gold standard for DRM-free ownership. Personally, I buy on Steam for the convenience and the Proton support but I still collect every free titles on GOG
I wish GOG supported Linux at the level Valve does. On paper it sounds like a match made in heaven. But they don't, and the strange things they do to the executables of old games to preserve them makes them difficult to get running under wine and proton smoothly.