While it hasn't been properly publicly announced yet, GOG Patrons is a new system launched by GOG to hopefully pull in more people to donate.

While it hasn’t been properly publicly announced yet, GOG Patrons is a new system launched by GOG to hopefully pull in more people to donate. This isn’t the first time GOG have asked for people to donate, as back in June they added a donation form to the checkout page but this goes one step further.

The main point of the GOG Patrons program appears to be directly supporting their game preservations efforts as part of the official GOG Preservation Program. Not to paywall anything on the GOG store, just as an additional way to support GOG directly.

  • Thalfon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 day ago

    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.