I think they were suggesting that Blizzard just tell Overwolf to knock it off, not actually manage all the addons.
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It appears that what overwolf is intending is that no one has access to the files outside of their api - you wouldnt be able to dl and install an addon manually because to get the dl you would have to get it via overwolf.
Think of it as if they bought youtube and the only way you could watch a vid would be via youtube itself and no longer able to link them/view on facebook.
No the idea is the addon creators are paid ad revenue via traffic/exposure from their content going through overwolf. The content itself isnt monetized - the platform itself is - think watching twitch streams with invasive ads, not just ones that the streamer wants to use, but hard built ones into the framework itself that have no way of being disabled.
Imagine down the track when you click auto update but are forced to watch their adds - that have in the past been malware - for 30 secs before and dl begins.
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Well, this is certainly going to be interesting. If anything this could push people to drop sub just because of this nonsense. I will not put adware on my system just to have addons. If anything this is already driving home that perhaps its time I leave this game. Iâm already wary of this upcoming expansion as it is.
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That argument wonât fly and you know it 
Iâm just pointing out that youâre wasting your time if you think there is anything Blizz can do.
Good luck though, if you can find a loophole to get it fixed itâll benefit me 
By that logic, all addons are paid for and should thus be banned. After all, it takes up bandwidth and CPU cycles to download them. In fact, you canât even look for them without paying with that logic.
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how is saying no one likes scalpers, dont buy from them and their overinflated prices, supporting scalping?
how is saying dont install a predatory client, go around them, supporting predatory clients?
as i said, theres no use in talking to you.
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You didnt though. Sorry dude. Talking with you is pointless. Please go be crazy somewhere else.
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I guess people donât realize that addon developers were already being rewarded in ways for having their addons on curseforge under twitch, I donât know the specifics, but they were getting things of monetary value.
Uh ? Yes it will. Why would you defend this.
Like I was wasting my time yesterday asking Blizzard to revert the âYou must be in Shadowlandsâ things ?
If you never ask for anything, youâll never get anything.
Making noise is how you get things done.
Well, we had a good convo going. I sort of lost the place it turned.
Still. This is an important thing to discuss.
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Thatâs funny as heck. Gaslights the thread, runs when confronted. Do you work for Overwolf by any chance ?
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When I still had an addon up there, you basically earned points based on how popular your addon was, and once you got enough points you could buy stuff from the CurseForge store. Back then there werenât direct money payouts, but you could buy Amazon gift cards which are almost the same.
Blizz owns Wow and can make all the changes they want, Blizz does not own Overwolf
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TIL that installing addons manually is gaslighting from some crazy dude.
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Blizzard can tell them to knock it off, as it impacts their business.
Except it does violate the policy.
Forcing people to view ads, which grants monetary value to them, is indeed profiting off addons.
I encourage everyone to email WoWUI@Blizzard.com to make sure theyâre aware of what Overwolf is doing, if the forum CMs donât address it. (At least I hope that email still works. Itâs the email listed in the Addon Policy Threads)
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Yea, someone was mentioning that was the entire reason that wowinterface has fallen off the cliff, they were running an addon on both but would often not update the WI one because the CF one would get more downloads that way.
People said Wowhead had malware for years but I never got malware from wowhead. People said the same thing about the curse client. Are people just overhyping this âOverwolf is terrible and will give you malwareâ thing? Is Overwolf actually terrible?
I donât like ads and avoid them where I can, but if having a few ads in a client I turn on for a few minutes to update my addons throws a little bit of money to the addon developers who make my addons that I depend on, is that a bad thing?
Also, didnât Overwolf say there would be a way to turn off ads in their client? I donât see why people hate them so much.
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For me this means I wonât use too many addons anymore. Iâll stick to a DPS meter, DBM, bagnon âŚ
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When you have dozens of add-ons, many required multi updates per weeks, and people could do it fine using add-on managers that are now being blocked by corporate greed.
Yes. Yes it is gaslighting.