From the GOG newsletter: "A note about your GOG Patrons subscription"

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[–] 69 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)
  • [+] -52 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    Yeah, they're so great for... not charging their monthly donation subscription twice?

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  • [–] 63 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    ... For giving everyone of them the month for free because they messed up their billing.

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  • [–] [S] 13 points 2 weeks ago

    Also if I may add, having followed GOG for some 9 years now, it always seemed to me like their worst side is transparency/communications, only starting to change in recent years but weakly so. Having them share the information openly, even if by newsletter, is to me quite the improvement already.

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  • [+] -11 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    A free month of... access to a discord server?

    What exactly does GOG Patrons give me?

    As a Patron, you'll get access to our dedicated community Discord server, featuring fun gaming-related activities and exclusive video content, plus special recognition across GOG in the form of unique badges and mentions on GOG Preservation Program game pages. Perks may grow or change over time, but we'll always communicate them clearly before you sign up.

    I can't imagine GOG is losing much

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  • [–] 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    You had to scroll through a lot on your linked site to get to the part that you copied... It is not a service, it is more of a donation. Hence the name "Patron" I assume.

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  • [+] -14 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    It is not a service, it is more of a donation.

    Yeah, they’re so great for… not charging their monthly donation subscription twice?

    I'm pretty sure I knew that already. The other guy said they got a month "for free," which begs the question "what are you getting?"

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Nothing material in the sense that you imply. Access to the community, that's it.

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  • [+] -19 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    A free month of… access to a discord server?

    Thanks, but I'm pretty sure I already knew that too

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  • [–] 6 points 1 week ago* (1 child)

    Great! Now put all the pieces together :)

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  • [–] 7 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Have i misunderstood. They wouldn't have been charging it twice. They messed up the billing so their options were charge for the missed one or don't charge. Not charge twice....

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  • [+] -7 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Presumably, if they didn't give everyone affected a "free month" of access to a discord server, they would charge them for the month where there was a mistake and then again for the current month. They'd be charging twice now to make up for the fact that some people weren't charged earlier.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    What? The message literally says they will not be charging for the missed month

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  • [–] -3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

    if they didn’t give everyone affected a “free month” of access to a discord server, they would charge them

    Why is everyone in this thread telling me what I already said?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    You ever stop to consider that perhaps you're the one having issues communicating with everybody else?

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  • [–] -2 points 1 week ago

    I see this like people making comments without reading a linked article in a post: you already think you know what it says so you don't bother actually reading anything to make sure you're right. I don't think it really matters what I say if people aren't even going to bother reading it.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    So rather than admit you might have been wrong, you invented a situation where you were right

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago

    It was me explaining how GOG are the good guys, for not charging twice, for their monthly donation subscription.

    It's objectively the right thing to do, but it shouldn't even matter because anyone donating to a for-profit company should be financially secure enough to handle a late withdrawal from their account.

    So again, while GOG not charging people on the donation subscription plan is the right thing to do, GOG doesn't provide much (if anything) of value for that subscription in the first place.

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