Calling Steam safe(r) and failing to mention GOG feels like extremely lazy journalism.
this post was submitted on 31 May 2026
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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
If it’s provided via cloud services, it’s always temporary access controlled by platforms.
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.