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Affiliate links are not business partnerships. Does Heroic have anything more than that with GOG?
EDIT: The answer is no, GOG is not partnered with Heroic Games Launcher.
~~Gog funds Heroic.~~
I actually think it's a fairly decent compromise (although I prefer Lutris), since Gog is clearly not interested in paying to maintain a Linux port.
EDIT: Wrong(ish)! See below.
By some other means than affiliate link payouts? I'm not aware of any such arrangement, but if one exists, can you link some details about it?
I read it somewhere awhile ago. You're killing me asking for a source, goddamn.
EDIT: somewhat ironically, here's a Reddit thread where a developer says they are a part of the affiliate program, so, I don't know much funding that brings in. It sounds like a less formal arrangement than I was imagining:
Yes, that's what I thought: It's just affiliate linking (aka marketing) that any app can use, not a partnership between Heroic and GOG. Thanks for following up and confirming it.
Quoting /u/imLinguin in the post you linked:
I'm glad you called me out on that. It's easy to misremember when we are just constantly bombarded w information.
Anyways, it would be a good compromise, imo.
Curious what Gog's actual hang up is, since the Steamdeck's picking up so much momentum.