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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (10 children)

even IF you buy DRM free items it can still be taken away.
Source: "Sick Boi" by Ren on BandCamp got taken out of my library, should be in the #2 spot

bandcamp (DRM free)

Spotify (not DRM free)

I understand it is a copyright thing (even though the artist did literally nothing wrong) but still! It fits the flowchart in the meme.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (6 children)

That sucks and all, but to be fair this is entirely on you. They sold you a DRM-Free file and you chose to not actually use it and to rely on their servers which you have no control over. This isn't a "DRM Free" issue.

Personal ownership means you take personal responsibility for it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Every day that passes I think more and more that I should have a local backup copy of my whole GOG games collection.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I have a reminder pop every few months to download the newest games that I bought from GoG. I've found it easier to download one or two, rather than a giant batch.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

And where do you store them? Do you have a NAS? Or a big disk for backups?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

I have a big storage server and a couple of backup drives for all my media

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