• Goronmon@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Might not stop it, but having an approval process for developers and clear rules will make it harder.

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      11 months ago

      They’ve had those before and it hasn’t worked. Maybe I’m just cynical, but I’ve never seen an official supported modding marketplace exist without a significant number of free mods being sold as paid by not the original developer

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        11 months ago

        Maybe I’m just cynical, but I’ve never seen an official supported modding marketplace exist without a significant number of free mods being sold as paid by not the original developer

        Which games has this been a problem for?

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          11 months ago

          Skyrim itself for 1

          I’ve seen it with minecraft too, when mod distribution was centralized there was a lot of issues with people reuploading other creators work

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            11 months ago

            The only paid mods that Skyrim has are the ones for Creation Club, and I haven’t heard of people getting through the approval process with stolen work.

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              11 months ago

              The original setup for it did. I remember seeing SkyUI on the platform as a paid mod when it was and still is free

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                11 months ago

                Wasn’t that the actual developer of SkyUI who put it on the platform as a paid mod?

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      11 months ago

      so, it won’t.

      reference: every single marketplace that lets anyone upload things that in some way drives revenue back, from app stores, to youtube, to music platforms.