I don't really have a platform where Gamepass really exists, so it's more of a white noise thing.

The years have led to improvements but also negatives like shorter SP campaigns for some games (to focus on more MP), less focus on LAN based MP, and ever increasing replacement of in-game stats and secrets with silly text/picture popups.

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And with some devs/pubs, buying on drm free sites at substantial markups incentivizes them to treat us like marks and fools.
"Want DRM-free buddy? Suuuuuuure, that'll just be a 100% markup ya schmuc....err friend :)"

Back when gog first started and partners could only pick from two low price points, things were ok for awhile. Then the dam was breached and limits removed, and we are where we are now with "totally reasonable prices" like $60 for Epic Mickey.

I pretty much suspected that GOG "sale" prices are the real prices for a lot of games. This goes for the other stores too though, the price of Epic Mickey isn't any cheaper on other platforms.

In cases of some remasters like Epic Mickey (gog version), we get the "bonus" of the high price AND less/smaller discounts ;)

At the start I loved gog's small price points and (seemingly permanent) hardline stance on how much partners could charge. I could get DRM-free backups without needing to strip the DRM myself(like with steam). Now I go to other DRM-free storefronts(itch/zoom....also gamersgate years back) and even steam a bit more because i'm not gonna pay 100-150% more for the same games just to save some time removing the DRM.