[paulryanrogers]

Steam can also take away things from games you "bought", like GTA getting replaced with a lower quality remaster and different sound track.

[russelg]

I think it's a bit disingenuous to blame Steam for a decision Rockstar made. The final decision lies with the publisher as to what game actually ships. If they want to remove their old listings and replace them with a worse offering, that's on them.

[paulryanrogers]

GOG can't do this because (nearly all) of the hosted games have stand-alone installers that users can archive themselves. AFAIU that's not possible with Steam.