Comment by bravetraveler
9 hours ago
Disagree, but that's fine. Only so many users, attention, etc. Heroic will probably see degradation.
They're entirely welcome to do this, I just think there's room for more opportunity with combined/open effort. Idealistic? Sure.
I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that doing nothing remains an option.
Obligatory xkcd
https://xkcd.com/927/
Yea. Good and bad, I'm exhausted. The fragmentation argument goes back to the creation of 'init'.
Cheapshot: Good Old Games (as long as our proprietary software functions)
> Cheapshot: Good Old Games (as long as our proprietary software functions)
False. That's literally the point of GOG. You can download the games directly from their website, install them, and run them without running any GOG software. GOG could vanish tomorrow and you'd still be able to play every game you purchased, as long as you backed up their installers somewhere.
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The issue here is that this is an existing "standard", by the logic of the comic. I wouldn't be surprised if there were already unofficial Linux ports of this launcher to begin with.
Also, even if it was fragmentation I'd prefer competition to ensue. I don't want another Steam situation, even if in theory a launcher isn't holding any valuable data hostage.
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