That's the sensible take, IMHO. And I hope GOG management continue seeing it that way.

If my ability to download my installers and keep newer games' installers up to date with a simple, automated tool (e.g gogrepo or lgogdownloader) was taken away, I would have made my last purchase here.

I've used Galaxy and Heroic from time to time, but that way I don't get to test the installers, so I've never stuck with it for long. (In my opinion, Galaxy 2.0 is a bloated horror show anyway.)

Benefit of not using Galaxy = not needing to buy a new computer.

I search the web using a computer running Linux, and I use that same computer to download GOG installers. I could put Windows 7 back on it, which it was preinstalled with, but I don't think Galaxy supports Windows 7, and I'd then have the extra hassle of having to restore the Linux image whenever I want to surf the web again, and vice versa (I'm not bothering with dual booting). And I'm also not wasting money buying Windows 11 for a computer that can't support it, nor do I want to be surfing the web with Windows 11 anyway.

Other benefits:
- My gaming PC is offline and it's staying that way. That means no clients. I get to play my games when, where & how I want.
- Fast gaming as I don't need to run antivirus software on my gaming PC, nor have the client running in the background.
- Gaming is relaxing as big brother can't look over my shoulder. I don't need to care about what achievements I did or didn't collect as no one will ever see them.
- Launching games is fast as I've created shortcuts on my desktop for them.

I don't know if Galaxy 2.0 still works on Windows 7 (and I don't intend to install it to find out), but at the very least it used to. For example, see this post about 2.0.42.21. Even then, Galaxy 1.2.67.58 still functions on Windows 7. Though, achievements no longer work on Windows 7 (oh no, whatever will I do).

I did try to install Galaxy a long, long time ago when I was getting annoyed having to download the offline installers from the website individually due to them being broken up into 4GB chunks, whereas the old GOG Downloader queued all the required files automatically and verified them at the same time.

If I tried harder, I probably could have gotten an older version of Galaxy operational, like the one you linked to, and then created an image of the installation on Windows 7 and then just restored that image temporarily every time I wanted to download a new or updated game from GOG. But since Windows 7 is deprecated, and who knows how many backdoors are left in it, I'm not sure it would be 100% safe to use without a sophisticated hardware firewall solution, which is beyond my technical proficiency currently. The more I learn about security the less secure I feel :(

God knows how many. Too many to list, a list that only grows as time passes. At one time I had memorised some of the ones I might reasonably run into, but eventually the simplest course of action was to just throw in the towel, keep it segmented and offline, and do the same as you.

I'm not ashamed of my tin-foil hat /\ ;)

I mainly use Galaxy to download files, it is better than download one by one.

And rarely to make a roll back.

I would say than even is dangerous because it is possible that by a mistake of ours, games updated without we want.

I have changed my mind about using Galaxy to download files. When I'm on WiFi (most of the time, unless I move my PC to download big files quickly), Galaxy really hits my download speeds more than any other launcher. It's not even like it downloads any faster...But still takes like 95% of my speeds lol.

I am actually far more content downloading the 4gb files 1 at a time if it means I can still browse without much interference. To this day I'm most impressed by Xbox's downloads, which are both fast whilst letting me use my PC normally. I don't know the magic behind internet speeds, but whatever Xbox did should be standard.

The incentive for GOG may well be survival.
If you use Galaxy to do the Download and Install, rather than download the Offline Installers, you remain reliant on GOG, and your web connection to them.

It would also be the case, that many game providers want you to use Galaxy, for its additional features, some of which they can take advantage of. Galaxy would be a selling point, when GOG try to make deals with game providers.

It is also a client like most are used to using with Steam etc. So it is an additional selling point for potential customers, and keeping many old ones.

So GOG want you to use Galaxy, especially now as they have built their business model around it. No doubt the majority of GOG customers use Galaxy, many of whom never bother to even backup (archive) their paid for games.

So continuing to support Offline Installers is an additional cost, and we know what happens with added costs over time.

GOG could well reach a point, where Offline Installers go the way of the Dodo.
It really boils down to how many customers they would lose, and the cost of doing so versus the cost of continuing to support them.