The donations are tied to GOG's Preservation Program, which aims to keep old games running on new hardware even when they're no longer supported by their original developers

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[–] 37 points 1 year ago

I assumed people supported these old game repackages by, you know, buying them - or will GOG give them away?

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  • [–] 73 points 1 year ago

    GOG is not a nonprofit. They don't need donations and I doubt there is any accountability for this money.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOG.com

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  • [–] 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    I need more details of how this works, honestly. Are the donations going 100% towards game preservation efforts, as opposed to normal sales where GOG takes a cut to make a profit? If so then I can see it. But otherwise donating to a for-profit company seems odd.

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  • [–] [S] 14 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I'm okay with this as long as it's being used properly.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Oh my sweet summer child.

    Just like ATMs at the pickup counter have a default tipping prompt, which is now normalized, imagine filling up at the gas pump and being prompted ahead of time to leave a tip. Or on your Netflix subscription. Etc. Corps will take advantage of this shit once someone starts it and goes with it.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    That's silly, when we all know we want to tip instead of donate

    /s

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago