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		sitkack 71 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder Exactly, or open the protocol and let the community write it. Third option is to ensure the downloader runs under proton, which I think it does but haven’t tried.

shmerl 71 days ago [–]

Protocol is well documented already, GOG aren't really blocking community clients:

https://gogapidocs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

The problem is mostly that their backend isn't wired for Linux builds so you can't use the APIs for native Linux versions.

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