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For me it's GOG first. Using lgogdownloader and wine directly (in a custom apparmor profile). No DRM, no forced updates, no annoying client that takes forever to start. Games are also dramatically much easier to isolate and sandbox this way.
If the game is not there, then yes, Steam (as a separate unix user).
While I'd generally rather have Steam's no-opt-out automatic updates rather than GOG's manual updates, Skyrim's update a while back breaking modded play for months was definitely a counterexample.
This. I always check the GOG store first for new games before I go to Steam.