Because the TOS says it has to be.
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Its saves Blizzard money and time by not having to make it themselves. If Blizzard do not like it they break it or restrict is operation.
Its cheaper in the long run for Blizzard to, in a sense, outsource to RXP and Zygor guides.
The work needed to constantly squash guide issues and create new guides for new features is something Blizz obviously does not want to do.
Law also works in shades of grey. Not black and white.
I use Zygor guides. It has a guide not just for levelling but also for Acheivements, professions, class guides, loremaster, events, auction house scanner, raid guides, dungeon guides, mount guides. For both horde and Alliance. Its also updated daily.
Blizzard does not want to have to maintain all the above as a guide in game.
Itâs also not a straight gameplay advantage over anyone either. Itâs just hey go here do this in this order. All known information. Also like the weak aura packs that people used in Wrath that were paid for by someone and then spam shared the password. Foji comes to mind. Again non of that is pushing buttons or automating anything so Iâm sure that influences the selective enforcement
Sounds like Zygor
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Imagine needing add-ons to be good at the game bahahahaha. This is why FF will always be the higher skill cap game. We donât get add-ons. Everything we do we have to learn. The game doesnât hold our hand for us. We arenât told to gtfo of whatever is gonna hit us. We arenât told what routes to take. We arenât told what buttons to push to maximize dps. Any kind of âaddonâ is met with a ban by SE. Maybe yâall git gud instead.
You are correct. Zygor works the same. Addon is free. Youâre paying for the guide. Which there are plenty of wow guides on shelfâs for sell by individuals. So no itâs not against TOS.
A little Aggressive huh? If you donât like add-ons donât play. Also wow has a metric ton more in its mechanics systems than FF ever will.
Also there are plenty of players who play without add ons. Myself have been playing this game since vanilla. So I raid and dungeon without boss Add-ons. Cause I play by the sound of the game and the quotes they say because there is always a quote or word to the mechanics in game
Thinking FF has a higher skill cap is almost as delusional as thinking a majority of people using RXP actually paid for it.
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You should expound in your original post, vague comments like this donât actually say anything or backup your claimsâŚ
Because the addon itself isnât being sold and is not against the TOC. The addon itself is free and contains free guides. However custom guides can be imported and those are being sold which is not currently against the TOS. The TOS strictly forbids an addon itself from being solid or asking for donations inside the addon itself.
There are no TOS restrictions on outside data that the addon can read bring sold. Itâs the same reason TSM or Sim Craft/Raid Bots can sell a premium service.
See previous comments. You can not directly make money from an addon itself.
Bad comparison to the issue discussed. Patreon and YT are not under Blizzard ToS
Its not part of the addon. End of story.
I used java script to program a crappy script back in the day. My crappy script is not part of java. Or a relevant example. I make a weakaura that tracks everything my class and spec needs. My programmed weakaura is not part of weakaura addon and you donât just get it for free unless i decide.
This is not hard to understand. You just WANT someone elseâs efforts for free so youâre saying its the same thing.
Except youâre wrong. At least you didnât try to claim its the only addon in this position.
I download and install weakaura addon for free. I then use weakaura addon to program a weakaura to track all my class and spec abilities, using only my time and knowledge of the game and the addons programming language. My time and effort are not automatically free for you to obtain unless i give it away on a community page like wago. As evidenced by rtwf and streamer twitch pages (that i covered above) i can sell this info for cash without violating tos. You have no rights in the TOS to demand it from me for free. None whatsoever. My database containing my addon configuration is mine alone.
Its like none of you got past the âi want this so it must be freeâ and thought critically about the situation.
I mean do you honestly believe that anyone who uses weakaura, elvui, xperl, shadowunitframes, plater, details and on and on are required by blizzard law to give you their config databases for free? Wild take.
Bwahahaha. Your take is hilarious. So according to you everyone whoâs ever programmed an addon ui, made a weakaura, or even changed the colors on their details bars are now required to give you that info for free. They used the addon to do it, so it must be part of it, and therefore blizz law says its owed to you. Right?
You laughed way too soon to be so wrong. Bwahahaha.
according to the ToS, if it is a WoW addon, it must be free, and âfree versions with paid optional contentâ are specifically prohibited as well 
pretty simple
Youâre right it is insanely simple. Youâre right you have full access to the addon used to create guides, absent zero functionality, at the moment of download. You know, the addon that is ONLY for creating guides, not to disseminate the guides themselves. Youâre wrong if you think this means you deserve the guides too. Guides = player created data. Player created data has never been free unless the author chooses to make it so.
Literally the same functionality is present in weakauras. Do you know what that addon is? Tell me did weakauras send you a file of every weakaura ever created when you installed weakauras simply because blizz law says it has to be free? You could quote the tos that makes this blizz law if you want, Iâll wait. To be honest though, i doubt you can even find relevant portions to the addon situation, much less proof in your favor.
You want to live in some non-meritocracy where the efforts of people better at the game or more committed than you are yours by right. Its sad.
Ps sry for double post
I donât want anything. I have not nor will I ever use this addon. Thatâs not part of this discussion and trying to make it about me wanting a crutch for a game thatâs been out for 20 years is disingenuous. If you need hand holding I wonât judge you, but thatâs irrelevant as well.
Charging for any aspect of an addon is still charging for an addon. If itâs not used in an addon and itâs used outside the game, then itâs not part of an addon. If its sole purpose is to add data to an addon, and has no other function outside of an addon, itâs part of an addon. End of story.
Edit: you turning your data addon into some kind of political thing is borderline unhinged.
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The reality is itâs Blizzards TOS they can choose to enforce it or not enforce it anytime they like. Obviously itâs not that big of a deal and benefits the game and player experience.
If your upset Blizzard is not enforcing their TOS how you like then stop playing and move on.
According to the TOS, yes. Iâm not sure what mental gymnastics youâre doing but itâs stated clearly.
Edit: Configurations are different. WAs and settings dont affect addon function which is the grey area. RXP is different because the whole point of the addon is the guides written by the addon creator. The WA developers arent themselves only using the addon to support their own monetized auras
Edit edit: i still dont think any monetization regarding addons should be permitted. Itâs clear how quickly everything can devolve when every single addon requires a paid access to some other information.
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