Yes, what GoG did is bad. Unfortunately, very few (non-giant) developers still let you buy and download DRM-free games from their own websites, and so far, as

Yes, what GoG did is bad. Unfortunately, very few (non-giant) developers still let you buy and download DRM-free games from their own websites, and so far, as far as I am aware of, GoG is still the least bad option for the others (there's also the likes of Matrix-Slitherine and itch.io, but they are much more niche).