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The same software purchased digitally doesn't magically become a "service". Coincidentally, you can absolutely download and backup all your GOG games and then "own" them the same way you own your old CD ROMs.
https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/articles/212632089-GOG-User-Agreement?product=gog see point 2.1 You get personal right to use gog services. As I said you rent it
That's for their services. Any software you buy from them can be used forever after you download it. Even if GoG goes out of business.
Edit: wording
Show me then the eula
"In the very unlikely situation that we have to stop running GOG we'll do our best to give you advance notice, so that you can download and safely store all your DRM-free content." - GOG user agreement.
Show me where anything I download from them won't work if they go out of business.
It's not my fault you don't understand the difference between a service and a product.
Burden of proof lies on the person claiming so. Yes, indeed you don't understand that difference
I have games I've downloaded from them and they can be played fully disconnected from the Internet.
You're the one claiming a downloaded executable is a service. Prove it.