A quick read of the article (I know) suggests that this is an extension of their existing game preservation project, where they put extra development work into keeping certain abandonware classic titles compatible with modern systems.

I'm not saying that what you said is wrong, but there's a little more subtlety to it than "donate a company."

So the shareholders can afford the nice champagne for their meetings.

Wikipedia may have to move their hq. I would suggest Denmark.

Give this article a read if you care re: Wikipedia donations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Guy_Macon/Wikipedia_has_Cancer

They used to support Linux as a platform, but they ended up dropping it because the userbase was too small to warrant the additional development efforts. I think it was around 2015 they added Linux versions of their games, only to remove them in 2018ish?

Either way, it meant switching to Steam for me. I understand that it was a business decision, but it was a damn shame...

(All of this was pre-Galaxy.)

Check out Heroic Games Launcher maybe. I think it's the unofficial GOG for Linux

I use Lutris, works pretty well for me.

I've heard it's 30%, or whatever the same as Steam is

They also bring old games back so they work on modern computers. Like Breath of Fire IV.

I tend to agree. They say it's specifically for the game preservation stuff, and maybe that's true. Most companies would create a separate non-profit with its own funding separate for such a thing (not that all those are necessarily great either). I like what GOG does in general and I think it's important they're there, but I don't have any intention of donating to a for-profit business based on the claims that they'll only do game preservation work with the funds.

I'm not spending an era reading through all the terms & conditions, but at a quick glance I can't see anything in the legalese about what they can/can't use GOG Patrons funding for, so it seems like it's just paying the company monthly for a few extra perks and hoping they'll use that cash for something positive.

I'm not really a gamer, so I could be wrong here. However, TBF they're selling games cheaply, but I assume they're having to pay who-knows-what to license them (never mind their own staff to bring the games up to par with today's hardware). Maybe the IP owners have started turning the screws?

I buy all my games on GOG and I don't understand either.