GOG.com: Spring Sale surprises are not over yet.
Until 4th April 2021, 2 PM UTC, the exciting Steel Rats game becomes a giveaway on GOG.COM! Share our love for games? Subscribe to our newsletter for news, releases, and exclusive discounts. Visit the “Privacy & settings” section of your GOG account to join now! Oh great. Yet another shameless attempt at smuggling user data collection consent. This is getting old GOG.
Also also, afaik being based in Poland you are obligated to inform about the REQUIREMENT of subscribing to newsletter (in order to participate in the giveaway) in EVERY PR message of yours - this one, the thread OP post - is missing such info, which means, it's basically illegal.
viranimus: Surely I am not going to be the only one to comment on how this is tethered to marketing newsletters? Right? Is there not already too much marketing in the world to not be adding to it? Kinda stamps a huge asterisk on "free" and "giveaway" when it comes at an expected cost. Just Sayian.
I was kind of late so you are the first one this time :P
viranimus: Surely I am not going to be the only one to comment on how this is tethered to marketing newsletters? Right? Is there not already too much marketing in the world to not be adding to it? Kinda stamps a huge asterisk on "free" and "giveaway" when it comes at an expected cost. Just Sayian.
Breja: I already said so in the previous giveaway. Everyone and their mother told me to fuck off and delete my account :D
We used to have giveaways with no strings attached - now those have gone the way of the dodo, like so many other hallmarks of GOG's past.
Oh, new profile avatar, well now I will have to rememorize the new one (for faster user recognition) :P
But yeah, we once had giveaways with no requirements.
Now we are required to agree to something that isn't beneficial FOR THE USER.
aabe011: This website is awesome!1! Thank you for both XIII and Steel Rats, will gladly give them a spin ^_^
It's really... not (awesome).
Judging by your low rep and default forum tag while you seem to have old-ish account I take it you weren't particularly active in the forums over those years and missed a lot of recent controversy involving GOG...
