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I did not realize they were trying to compete in the first place.

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[–] Hiphophorrah 28 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The only launcher I use the same amount if not more is gog.com. Give me those good old games.

[–] Klear 1 points 19 hours ago

I use gog, but fuck the launcher. Fuck all launchers. An icon on desktop is all I want.

Thankfully it's easy to get no matter the storefront.

[–] Nalivai 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

GoG is just the best. They don't have all the nice things Steam has, like workshop for example, but they compensate for it by actually selling you a game, not just renting it out with drm.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

GOG providing installers is absolutely amazing.

[–] AnUnusualRelic 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Maybe it's nice on windows, but on other systems, got still relies on steam.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 hours ago

Lutris is just a pain compared to proton. I'm not going to say that its terrible anymore but 90% of the games that I play regularly on steam just work straight out of the box.