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Epic cons:
Epic pros:
Steam pros:
Steam cons:
Gog
I don't know anything besides the fact that it has drm-free games and that it's owned by CDPR (the guys who developed the witcher series and cyberpunk)
I personally purchase my games on steam, since I think their contribution to linux gaming is crucial for linux to go mainstream
Choose what you will knowing this. If someone else wants to add something to this list you're welcome to do so.
Steam cons
You don't own the games on any digital platform, neither steam, epic or gog. You're only being sold a license to use it, and the license can be revoked whenever the company feels like it.
Thisbis actually true for most of the physical media back in the day, the only difference is that they didn't really have a method to revoke the license... But that nice old cardboard box you have in your attic, with the nice shiny plastic disc... You still don't legally own the software on it.
So what. It’s still valid Cons for the platform.
Stop making excuses for scamming one sided purchase agreements.
You are absolutely correct, but it's a con for Epic too. Your comment makes it out to look like you don't own your games on Steam, but by omission you make it seem like you do own your games on Epic.
I just want to make it very clear that you don't own the games on either platform. But also want to mention that even if you buy a good old CD/DVD with the game on, then you still don't own the game...
It's absolutely awful that it's practically impossible to own a game, and it's even more awful that the platform can take away a game you paid for, let alone that they don't even have to refund you for it...