It's not that I trust Valve. It's that I distrust them the least when compared to the other giant companies out there. And I already have 90% of my games on Steam.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 37 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (8 children)

I trust GOG the most, but Steam is solidly second-most. Guaranteed that if Epic had their way, the PC gaming landscape would be just as trash as the console one, if not moreso.

Valve could definitely go off the deep end after Gabe is gone, and that's why good third-party competition is still healthy. But for right now, they're one of the few large companies I've seen that aren't on the enshittification warpath.

[–] neidu2@feddit.nl 26 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

I too prefer GOG, but the fact that they still haven't made a native linux port of GOG Galaxy causes me to mostly use Steam. I usually use GOG for indie stuff and thingsI want without it being tied to a launcher or DRM.

Oh, and I recently bought Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 there, as I felt it was about time I gave Chris Sawyer some money for all the fun the pirated version I downloaded 25 years ago have provided.

[–] HKayn@dormi.zone 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Have you tried the Heroic Games Launcher? It's currently the most advanced launcher for GOG games on Linux, even implementing support for some of GOG Galaxy's online services. Additionally it's officially affiliated with GOG, so you can "donate" to the project by purchasing games through the client.

[–] neidu2@feddit.nl 2 points 2 months ago

I have not. In fact, I'd never even heard of it until you mentioned it.
But I sure as hell will give it a go now that I am aware of its existence. Thanks for the tip!

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