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Kind of reminds me a bit of that. \n\nI would link his video explaining and going over it I knew which one it was but his titles and actual descriptions are not very descriptive so I don't know which one it was.\n\nEdit: Nevermind [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_NDHEPlYSM)'s a link to the video\n\nOh and [Rockstar partnering with cfx.re](https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/08/rockstar-games-acquires-modding-team-that-it-previously-banned/) (the team behind FiveM and RedM). 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I believe he's within his rights to decide how he's compensated.\n\nI personally think *this* method is a bad idea but then again I don't pay this game and don't even know what the mod does. Maybe it's the second coming or whatever and he knows his business more than I though. 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Modding is allowed, but as soon as you start making money over a game you don't own I expect Rocktar is gonna cease an desist him into oblivion. Yeah, it's his code... but without the game is useless.\nDonations are a thing, selling something you don't own the right to is another.\nBe aware, I don't want anything to do with that mod and I don't even know whst it is tbh","removed":false,"published":"2023-08-25T11:39:44.909499Z","deleted":false,"ap_id":"https://lemmy.world/comment/2785131","local":false,"path":"0.2287943.2302601.2302868","distinguished":false,"language_id":37},"creator":{"id":1579689,"name":"Spawn7586","avatar":"https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/417b8b90-19ca-43ce-b0f5-b4e634afda34.jpeg","banned":false,"published":"2023-07-06T11:01:58.687041Z","actor_id":"https://lemmy.world/u/Spawn7586","local":false,"deleted":false,"bot_account":false,"instance_id":65477},"post":{"id":2210668,"name":"Game drms weren't enough and now mods are getting drm as well","url":"https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/27facffd-462e-45d7-8dc2-c48d50ce2509.webp","creator_id":945882,"community_id":8440,"removed":false,"locked":false,"published":"2023-08-24T18:13:40.619835Z","deleted":false,"nsfw":false,"thumbnail_url":"https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/9b808463-7e16-4c69-908f-ac2fe5d31c44.webp","ap_id":"https://lemmy.world/post/3763138","local":false,"language_id":37,"featured_community":false,"featured_local":false},"community":{"id":8440,"name":"crackwatch","title":"CrackWatch","description":"**IF YOU ARE NEW TO THIS FORUM, PLEASE READ THIS POST >>>>[The Beginner's Guide](https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/2768)<<<< IT WILL TAKE 2 MINUTES MAX, AND IT WILL ANSWER MOST OF YOUR QUESTIONS**\n\nWelcome to CrackWatch, a piracy news forum dedicated to informing the public about the latest cracks and bypasses.\n\nTo get live announcements of the latest releases, follow our [Twitter](https://twitter.com/realcrackwatch) \n\nRules\n\n>1. 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But I feel like there are better ways to monetize work than this. \n\nI absolutely respect modders that link sites like patreon or buymeacoffee and I have previously given money to modders who's mods I enjoyed (because they deserve it).\n\nModding should work as a community effort. By paywalling a mod or tool, you are separating the community into people that can throw out money every day and the ones that can't.\n\nI probably see it this way because I come from the modding community around the Bethesda games, where it is forbidden to paywall mods. \n\nIn the end, I agree with you that People that put in a lot of work into great modifications deserve to get payed. But they should ask, not force the users to pay.","removed":false,"published":"2023-08-25T12:25:17.675834Z","deleted":false,"ap_id":"https://lemmy.world/comment/2786293","local":false,"path":"0.2303202.2303472.2303747","distinguished":false,"language_id":37},"creator":{"id":2577372,"name":"MissGutsy","banned":false,"published":"2023-08-09T12:02:17.441462Z","actor_id":"https://lemmy.world/u/MissGutsy","local":false,"deleted":false,"bot_account":false,"instance_id":65477},"post":{"id":2210668,"name":"Game drms weren't enough and now mods are getting drm as well","url":"https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/27facffd-462e-45d7-8dc2-c48d50ce2509.webp","creator_id":945882,"community_id":8440,"removed":false,"locked":false,"published":"2023-08-24T18:13:40.619835Z","deleted":false,"nsfw":false,"thumbnail_url":"https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/9b808463-7e16-4c69-908f-ac2fe5d31c44.webp","ap_id":"https://lemmy.world/post/3763138","local":false,"language_id":37,"featured_community":false,"featured_local":false},"community":{"id":8440,"name":"crackwatch","title":"CrackWatch","description":"**IF YOU ARE NEW TO THIS FORUM, PLEASE READ THIS POST >>>>[The Beginner's Guide](https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/2768)<<<< IT WILL TAKE 2 MINUTES MAX, AND IT WILL ANSWER MOST OF YOUR QUESTIONS**\n\nWelcome to CrackWatch, a piracy news forum dedicated to informing the public about the latest cracks and bypasses.\n\nTo get live announcements of the latest releases, follow our [Twitter](https://twitter.com/realcrackwatch) \n\nRules\n\n>1. 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Modders can and should be compensated for their work if they want. But I would personally much prefer if they offer it for free and allow for donations. That's a much better way to build a community. Especially since they are building sometimes small modifications on games they had no part in creating. And I especially am not a fan when they require you to subscribe to a patreon, with the idea essentially being that it could become a subscription.\n\nI also checked out the mod patreon page. The author kinda sucks. People are voicing their frustration that he essentially added drm to a mod and his response is either that he doesn't care or...\n\n> So you didn't read. The authentication doesn't affect subscribers, if you have ever subscribed you can always pass the authentication. Only the people who want to pirate it should get pissed\n\nUhhh that's still drm.","removed":false,"published":"2023-08-25T13:36:57.750497Z","deleted":false,"ap_id":"https://lemm.ee/comment/2733942","local":false,"path":"0.2303202.2303472.2305352","distinguished":false,"language_id":37},"creator":{"id":2239317,"name":"OrangeJoe","banned":false,"published":"2023-08-14T23:35:13.371549Z","actor_id":"https://lemm.ee/u/OrangeJoe","local":false,"deleted":true,"bot_account":false,"instance_id":89214},"post":{"id":2210668,"name":"Game drms weren't enough and now mods are getting drm as well","url":"https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/27facffd-462e-45d7-8dc2-c48d50ce2509.webp","creator_id":945882,"community_id":8440,"removed":false,"locked":false,"published":"2023-08-24T18:13:40.619835Z","deleted":false,"nsfw":false,"thumbnail_url":"https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/9b808463-7e16-4c69-908f-ac2fe5d31c44.webp","ap_id":"https://lemmy.world/post/3763138","local":false,"language_id":37,"featured_community":false,"featured_local":false},"community":{"id":8440,"name":"crackwatch","title":"CrackWatch","description":"**IF YOU ARE NEW TO THIS FORUM, PLEASE READ THIS POST >>>>[The Beginner's Guide](https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/2768)<<<< IT WILL TAKE 2 MINUTES MAX, AND IT WILL ANSWER MOST OF YOUR QUESTIONS**\n\nWelcome to CrackWatch, a piracy news forum dedicated to informing the public about the latest cracks and bypasses.\n\nTo get live announcements of the latest releases, follow our [Twitter](https://twitter.com/realcrackwatch) \n\nRules\n\n>1. 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