Originally Posted by guice
However, what puzzles me most of all isn't WoWI's response, but the authors. WM allowed users to install SO MANY add-ons so efficiently. The authors should be *****ing at WoWI, too! The authors should be more worried about getting their add-ons known and out there...complaining because WM made their add-ons easier to get? I'm baffled.
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Why? Do you really think authors to be that prideful or do you think that the hassles they had to deal with over WM users were fun and needed to be multiplied?
Also, a general question, on topic.
Why do people think it is WoWI and Curse's 'job' to provide an alternative that does exactly what WM did? They are addon author support sites who happen to encourage addon users to join the community, authors and users both benefit from this. Addon authors have been born from this site because of this and addon authors get valuable (non monetary value) feedback and ideas. WoWI provides an outlet for excellent support and community features, and happen to value that enough to protect it. I'm sure part of their reasoning in this current situation was that everyone would see WM for what it was and would find communities (WoWI and Curse) that they could participate in. And, by looking at the traffic in this thread, they were half right. It's too bad that not everyone agrees with people who try to protect their resources.