I've often thought that criticism of Gog is exaggerated, but this is the first time where I feel that Gog is going to lose me as a customer, if this change isn't fixed.
I really don't understand what Gog staff were thinking, when they introduced this pointless change, especially given that there are issues with access to foreign accounts which haven't been conclusively resolved as far as I know. This is tone-deaf even by Gog's standards.

My problem is that even thought i press "Agree and pay" for literally only a second it says "processing" and then just goes back to the checkout screen and nothing happens, i literally tried over a dozen times and it doesnt work, tried to pay directly through my Visa card but that showed an error screen, and i know for a fact i have more than enough money and was buying things with no problem 5 days ago
So even though i am willing to accept this new payment system it doesnt even work!
I hope they fix ASAP because if I dont manage to buy Ankh Aniversary Edition and Venetica Gold Edition i will be really pissed!

for gud and for bad i honest lee think youre going to struggle in teh next decade+
convenience will always be queen
And with further integration-stations it will only magnify tenfold


lets wait and see!

There are levels of privacy I am not willing to compromise for convenience. Life being easy is nothing when you don't own yourself.

Yup, it's definitely convenient if hacking one account gets you acess to all others, too, especially if access to an actual bank account is included. Screw those inconvenient passwords and security measures, let's embrace the decade of convenience (as hackers). ;P

youre arguing against teh wind. and progression

you dont have to agree with how safe it is
im not even commentin' on that, if you noticed
Edz: welp, kkz, i was ABIT mean :/

I don't want them to remove the convenience thingy I only want them to make it optional for those who prefer security over convenience and I don't think that would be too much to ask for.

Why do you say that? Are you so willing to give up your individual identity to avoid a few keystrokes or mouse clicks? What about to avoid going to the store. Or to avoid having to walk to the light switch to darken the room? What about to change programs on your devices for your viewing pleasure? Or thinking for yourself? Maybe we just need to progress to the point that the machines run us instead of the other way around...? I mean, what purpose do we serve once we are no longer doing anything for ourselves?

I'm not arguing against the wind, I'm arguing with GOG, about an actual issue. As soon as I'll come to the conclusion that that's one and the same, I will no have no more reason to support GOG, but I'm not at that point yet, even though their promise to be different than the rest already stands on shaky grounds. At the moment, the checkout with PayPal is more user-friendly on Steam even than on GOG.

Besides, swimming against the stream is not a bad thing if the stream leads towards great falls, and too often "progression" is used as a buzz word and synonym for any change for changes' sake, without any regard for whether the change is actually for the better, beneficial, and for whom. "It's like that and that's the way it is" is a pretty weak argument for anything, in any case. It's a way to avoid any discussion, and certainly won't lead to "progression".

I'd rather be seen as someone tilting against windmills than a blind follower embracing the corporations' idea of "progression".

Oh, my... i guess someone else is complaining. :)

Life is kind of funny.

I'm still not happy with GOG, and this matter has done nothing to improve my opinion of them. It's not the first time i've reported a problem* and it got kind of ignored.

However, i didn't expect this kind of response from the community, and it was a really nice surprise. Thanks, everyone.


* In case you're curious, there's a tiny problem in at least one of GOG's email platforms, which causes some third-party servers to silently reject some of their messages. I diagnosed the issue and sent GOG a report, and even offered to help. They politely declined my help and said they had fixed the issue, but AFAIK the problem isn't entirely solved. This was months ago.
This bug shouldn't affect the majority of GOG users, though, so let's focus on Paypal for now and leave this for another thread.

Regarding the previous comments, it's often difficult to achieve a balance between convenience and privacy/security. And while some of us prefer to have their lives made simpler and easier, others prefer to have more control over what they share and allow. The important thing here is awareness and choice: we should always be given a choice and be made clearly aware of its consequences.

So, i think we can all agree that GOG didn't act the best way in is this situation, and they should seek to improve this particular feature.

Not to sound too geeky, but one other important thing is forgiveness and acceptance. Sure, there is large room for improvement, but GOG isn't all that bad. I mean, they do bring us long dead and missed games. And despite the bugs in the forum, the community seems to be pretty nice. ;)

So, let's give them a chance to acknowledge their mistake, and time to fix it. And if they choose not to, let's accept that it is within their right, and either learn to live with (or get around) it, or take our business elsewhere.
After all, it is all about choice - and we're fortunate to live in a time where there are plenty of options. :)

Well, this basically makes GOG unusable to me. Good job.

This. So much this.

Also, somehow it makes perfect sense that the one person defending this crap is the one who can't even write :D

I'm surprised there hasn't been any further comments from a blue.

This was the only platform nowhere I buy games. Not for much longer it seems, unless there is an opt out / in

I agree with this, this kind of changes should be communicate in advance and in detail.
I recently paid with paypal and the first that I did after I read the OP was to check my paypal account (after reading further in the topic I saw that the changes were introduced yesterday, so I was not "affected")

A user should not be "in the blind" or rely in on some user forum post to be informed about this kind of stuff. And I also agree with this.

Maybe someone could create a wishlist entry to protest this change and demand more options/change back to the old system? (I don't think I'm the most qualified to pick the best wording, but if no one else does it, I might eventually do it myself...this change really is a deal-breaker for me).