Their tagline is literally ‘you buy it, you own it’. But does it really grants ownership?

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    2 days ago

    Installers deal with more than just unpacking files into a folder. There are often prerequisite shared libraries that are included in the installer that AREN’T in the game directory, which may or may not need to be installed along with the game depending on if your system already has it.

    So just double-clicking the .exe after copying the folder to a new computer is not reliable in the same way GOG’s installers are.