Dartpaw86: Are they just abandoning it? [...]
What makes you think this? Nowhere in the news-thread did GOG say GOG Connect would be a constant stream of games; it runs in batches.
Dartpaw86: [...] Was it actually unauthorized to begin with and Steam shut it down? [...]
I'd like to know where this came from... What makes you think that GOG needs Steam's authorisation in the first place? GOG Connect is based on arrangements between GOG and devs/pubs, Steam has no say in any of it.
Just go and read the
FAQ, you'll be surprised how many of your questions have been answered from the very beginning.
Déjà vu all over again, eh?
I wish people spent a few minutes to read the GOG Connect FAQ...