Just a point against the second thread you linked, Gog selling cracked games, according to the thread you linked, allows them to be run without a disc on modern hardware
The crack also means it’s not altering the source code, according to the user’s in that thread
As for the first thread, yeah that’s pretty shitty.
https://forum.quartertothree.com/t/why-well-never-get-a-nolf-revamp/76491/6
It was system shock 2 and not one but still the same thing.
https://www.gog.com/forum/general_archive/gogcom_stills_sell_cracked_version_of_games/page1
Just a point against the second thread you linked, Gog selling cracked games, according to the thread you linked, allows them to be run without a disc on modern hardware
The crack also means it’s not altering the source code, according to the user’s in that thread
As for the first thread, yeah that’s pretty shitty.