Just leave your login information for the next of kin or whoever to use, no one will know any better.
this post was submitted on 12 Oct 2024
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TIL your account is still active after 150 years.
I’m not dead I just always look like this.
Why can't they just take Linux users seriously. It's what's keeping me from buying more of their games and using them more.
Market share. I know it's a meme but seriously, push Linux on people who will benefit from it.
My girlfriend is totally non-technical but I set her up with an old laptop running Debian and after a few months she loved it. No ads, no popups selling cloud storage, no forced reboots, and it doesn't crash. That's one more browser hitting websites without Windows in it's useragent string.
I have no idea what GOG even is but im seeing it as a steam competitor in headlines lately. What's going on that's causing it to come up a lot?
GOG is “Good Old Games”, a digital distribution service for PC games run by CD Projekt Red, developers of The Witcher and Cyberpunk. It mostly focuses on old games from the Win95/98 days that have been patched/fixed by their in-house dev team to run on modern Windows releases. However, it also sells all CD Projekt Red titles and seems to be expanding to just be a regular PC game distribution service.
It’s being talked about a lot right now because unlike Steam, EGS, and other stores they sell you a DRM-free download. Because of recent legislation in California, companies are required to use clearer language when they aren’t selling you something that you own forever, they are instead selling you a license to access something.
This has reignited discussion on digital ownership, Steam, and what happens if you die or Steam shuts down/is acquired and you lose your non-transferable access to the games in your library. GOG is the ideal solution right now, because it while it offers a client that is simple to use like Steam (called “GOG Galaxy”) but if they announce a shutdown or acquisition, you can simply download offline installers for all your games and you don’t lose access to anything.
Galaxy of Games actually
I thought it was Gift of Games
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOG.com
Technically it doesn’t stand for anything now, but it was definitely Good Old Games.
Oic, thanks for curing some of my ignorance
I'm going to have a difficult time proving anything when I'm dead. Could perhaps someone who survived me provide such proof?
Duh. You can record yourself one of those "if you're seeing this..." videos, and then when you die you just email it to them
No idea what bequeath means but it sounds badass so I support this
It’s basically like a wetter, sloppier, longer version of a queef
Ah yes, that does seem like the most optimal way to deliver your games post-death.
It's so hard to complete your Pokedex these days
bequeath /bĭ-kwēᴛʜ′, -kwēth′/
transitive verb
To leave or give (personal property) by will.
To pass (something) on to another; hand down.
"bequeathed to their children a respect for hard work."
To give or leave by will; to give by testament; -- said especially of personal property.
It just means you are leaving it to someone when you die. It's the opposite of inheriting.
It’s the complement of inherit.
Yes, that's more accurate. Thanks.
And why is there a condition? Can't gift the whole library to someone?
I assume this is an official way of claiming when you don't have login information.
How am I supposed to prove I am dead if I am dead? 🤔
I can just leave USB drives with all the offline installers in a box. Then I don't have to prove shit!
How am I supposed to prove I am dead if I am dead? 🤔
Just send them a photo of you dead. Make sure to label it “This is me, dead”.
Or send them your dead body.
Or send them your dead body.
They ask for three copies of your dead body, proof of residence, and a state-issued ID.
You get a death certificate
Where can I get death certified? Does CompTIA offer it?
As far as I know dead people don't receive a death certificate
Yes they do, but their partner or child is allowed to get copies.
How does a dead person receive anything?
If you call the bank to cancel the account of a dead person, are they asking for your death certificate or the death certificate of the person that died?
Well it's the dead guys death cert, but since the dead guy is dead he can't prove anything. Lol I'm just fucking around.
Me too actually. I searched it up before commenting and the wording didn't disprove me immediately, so I ran with it.
Now I'm curious and will have to research it...lol
Just wait till you die then report back..... Hahahahahaha
I feel like all it would be would be giving the account via your will, then having that transferred through an attorney, who has a copy of/access to your death certificate.
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