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5 months agoIt’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.
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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.
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