What's the hype with GoG?

[exlix_axii]

I never heard of 'games on gears' until a few months ago.

It is a handy client tbh. Because I fucking hate steam.

I was wondering if there's more to it than meets the eye?
I'm also pretty blown so if this is dumb, forgive me lol

I don't understand the whole necessity of steam, really... Why can't people navigate to their program files folder instead of having an app that adds additional cracking for all games?l

[AncientRome]

GOG formerly Good Old Games provides DRM free games.

No crack, no cd, no online activation required, no activation/install limits.
Simply purchase the game or movie and it's yours to do with as you please.

The main purpose of the Galaxy client is to make it more convenient to get to your games and extra content, keep the games automatically updated (or not) and they are now starting to incorporate achievements.
Essentially it's a DRM-free Steam/Origin.