Early access patreon charges vs new TOS?
Can creators still charge for early access of Mods/CC? IE like patreon. That is a huge debate over this topic. While several EA help staff have answered that no you can no longer use early access or ...
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EA_Cade
Community Manager
Community ManagerHey all,
The Sims 4 Mod Policy has been updated today which clarifies the following points:
Note, The Sims recognizes that creating Mods takes time and resources. To recoup these development costs, Mod developers may:
- Offer an early access incentive for a reasonable amount of time. After a reasonable early access period, all users must be able to access the Mods in full for free regardless of whether they donate.
- Run passive advertisements and requests for donations so long as they are limited to the Mod website or distribution site, and do not appear within the Mod itself.
You need to add in your ToU exactly how long reasonable time is. What happening now is that the creators make their own rules on what's reasonable time and its pure greed and ridiculousness from many. I have seen 60 days, half a year, whenever I feel like it, and when I release it I will use adfly to leech even more money.
I hope you can put in a clear number of days that is the max for early accsess, to stop this just becoming an even more redicilous farse than it already is.
