You can never be too sure.

I would trust GOG too. At least as long as they let you download offline installers.

I wish less people were so jaded about voting…

Are these spam accounts? Then they should be banned. I could only see ads in the context of keeping the servers running. I think outside of that it doesn’t make sense for this kind of platform. If lemmy.world can run entirely off of donations, then I don’t see a reason for ads at all, especially if those ads don’t even contribute to keeping the lights on.