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I own and buy games from GOG. Especially if its a game i like. That way its actually mine. I hope they never change.
It's not yours. You buy a revocable license. Read their TOS.
How are they going to take the file off my computer?
Same as every other store with DRM: they won't. Still doesn't mean you own your games.
Right, but a store with DRM can effectively prevent me from playing the games, that's where my ownership effectively ends.
With GOG, there's no DRM. So in all senses except some weird philosophical context, I do own the game. I paid money and received a file(s) that I can relocate, make backups of, burn to disc, archive, etc.
You could argue that if they revoke the license and I continue using the file that I have on my computer, that I'm now committing piracy, but that's getting into a big technicality