The reason it's important is because GOG is to Steam what Discover is to MasterCard.
Absolute corporate hegemony so totalizing it destroyed other methods of transaction, countered by someone making any indent at all on the scene is a good thing. MasterCard is actively seeking to destroy cash. Steam fucking destroyed the physical medium (though i don't think that was their goal). Truth is, without Valve being simply reasonable, the whole games industry probably already would have collapsed and burst into flames.
Just please remember. Steam had to bend the knee to MasterCard. That's how much of a final boss they really are.
The reason it's important is because GOG is to Steam what Discover is to MasterCard.
Absolute corporate hegemony so totalizing it destroyed other methods of transaction, countered by someone making any indent at all on the scene is a good thing. MasterCard is actively seeking to destroy cash. Steam fucking destroyed the physical medium (though i don't think that was their goal). Truth is, without Valve being simply reasonable, the whole games industry probably already would have collapsed and burst into flames.
Just please remember. Steam had to bend the knee to MasterCard. That's how much of a final boss they really are.