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Edit don_apple: topic moved from german to english section.
To add to that Seb, don’t forget that many of these sites including the one the OP listed, have no regard for the actual mod authors and use their own links which also generate revenue from the file hosting service and won’t take them down even after contacting them until you end up going through their web host and submitting a dmca through the web host.theSeb wrote: ↑Fri Apr 30, 2021 8:54 am We can speculate and guess what may or may not be in future games, but this is one thing that will never be in the game. The reason why these websites exist is because they make money off the adverts. If they were directly in the game, they would not get advertisement money to pay for the servers to host the mods. There is 0 reason why the owners of 3rd party mod sites would want to be "directly in the game". Never mind the, shall we say, questionable quality of many mods that are released only on 3rd party websites with a few and notable exceptions.
Try reading the post by aklein just prior to yoursHere’s an idea:
But..... they have?? It's called the modhub......Bersson wrote: ↑Fri Apr 30, 2021 4:59 pm Here’s an idea:
Giants creates its own version of these mod sites, e.g., “Giantsmods.com”. Ad revenue alone could probably pay for a couple of employees.
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This could potentially shut down a lot of the parasite sites. It could also be a playground for aspiring modders. When controlling a site like this, Giants can also decide if and how it’s integrated into the game.
Maybe the reason is that the Modhub has so few mods compared to the parasites?
Sure. The site needs some quality guidelines (and testers), but not as strict as the Modhub guidelines.
The answer is quite simple, it would appear that even after reading the post you continue to hold this scam site up as a shining example of your ideal mod download site.I have, why do you ask me to?
I’m sorry to have come across as a glorifier of parasite sites. I’m not. I want to get rid of them once and for all. Because Giants say they won’t go after and shut down the sites (which they could; sue one, scare the rest), I’m just spitballing ideas on how to shut down mod thieves by beating them at their own game.
And that's not going to happen either, because the overwhelming majority of players do not engage on forums like this and, I'd guess, don't think beyond "I want a XXXXX for my farm ..." and go looking, the ones that do use mods at all that is.Mwal wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 4:00 pm Giants isn’t ever scaring them away with a lawsuit. On the Internet there exists websites selling/sharing highly illegal things and coalitions of multiple governments are in a continual game of wack a mole trying to shut them down. The idea giants will sue one and they all will disappear is preposterous. The only way those go away is if people don’t use them.