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AineOfMay
4 years agoSeasoned Spectator
I don't understand why people bother with the content that is locked behind paywalls - just download the content that is free or early access - it's usually of better quality and is updated in a more timely manner as opposed to the paywall content. It absolutely boggles the mind that people think it's okay to hide content behind a perpetual paywall - it's not their game and it's super greedy and scammy.
There's a HUGE difference between closed paywall and early access - if the content you make is of great quality and becomes popular, then a 2 week early access period is MORE than enough to get some well deserved coin for the work. I can see that for certain creators that a smaller time period of early access might be justified, but truth be told I respect creators a lot more if they don't have a mandatory pay system on their patreon - I'll support them if I use their content a lot and I think the quality is high enough. That's all there is to it.
Especially for modders that make big mods that give players a lot of gameplay expansion and fixes, the patreon early access serves as a kind of quality testing and support for the mod aswell, so paying for that is definitely justfied - as long as it's early access that is.
It's very rare that any mod or content that is locked behind a paywall is high quality enough to be worth it, because the creator doesn't have an incentive to keep improving and fixing things. And even if they start out with quality, it's just not worth the extra work for them once they get those patrons rolling in. The rule of early access only does not only protect EA but the modding community as a whole and ofcourse the simmers so they don't get scammed.
There's a HUGE difference between closed paywall and early access - if the content you make is of great quality and becomes popular, then a 2 week early access period is MORE than enough to get some well deserved coin for the work. I can see that for certain creators that a smaller time period of early access might be justified, but truth be told I respect creators a lot more if they don't have a mandatory pay system on their patreon - I'll support them if I use their content a lot and I think the quality is high enough. That's all there is to it.
Especially for modders that make big mods that give players a lot of gameplay expansion and fixes, the patreon early access serves as a kind of quality testing and support for the mod aswell, so paying for that is definitely justfied - as long as it's early access that is.
It's very rare that any mod or content that is locked behind a paywall is high quality enough to be worth it, because the creator doesn't have an incentive to keep improving and fixing things. And even if they start out with quality, it's just not worth the extra work for them once they get those patrons rolling in. The rule of early access only does not only protect EA but the modding community as a whole and ofcourse the simmers so they don't get scammed.
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