The difference is the transparency of the two. I know google collects my data.
Oh I know, and if Overwolf is collecting data based upon the ads I might click to view more about that is fine. Now if they are peaking into my computer itself, that would be crossing a line but I honestly doubt it is anything like that. Most data collection isn’t an issue.
Because I tend to trust my own experience over that or random strangers. I read they had issues years ago back with LOL but they have claimed those issues have been fixed. If I trusted people on the net, I would has to assume wowhead is a den of evil viruses just waiting to seize my computer. Just because they had trouble in the past doesn’t mean they can’t get better.
This thread is a good example of how misinformation spreads.
Disliking Overwolf is fine, I personally wish addons were just staying in the twitch app and will avoid using it probably, but this thread is like a baseless Q conspiracy that an unfortunate number of people will come to believe.
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been using overwolf for years. Pretty cool for games like league. Auto records deaths/kills. They have really expanded their add on section too.
Never had an issue with malware or shady links. Its data collection is the same as any other online social platform.
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I don’t think google is all that transparent, honestly. They’ve built a reputable brand, but the biggest reason why it’s “different” here is because it’s kind of inevitable. If you want to access the internet you’re going to have to accept some degree of data collection just because of how ubiquitous the internet is and how companies like Google have monopolized the playing field.
But with an add-on manager? You have the infinite freedom to not use or support it.
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Which is what I am doing. An add on app shouldn’t need the amount of data it does which is why they changed it after being called out several times. If no one said anything it would still be just as intrusive, it shouldn’t try to monopolize the community, and it shouldn’t ever, ever allow graphic ads. Which it has done, but again, can’t post photos of it because of forum rules.
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Oh ok. Ill maybe wait a month or so after release to see what people have to say.
As I said, you will be able to manually update your mods thru their web site still. From my experience between live and beta, most of my mods are already updated and ready for SLs at this point. Probably the only things you might need to update will be content or covenant related mods.
And there is always a chance that enough mod authors will move to publishing their work on other sources than Overwolf.
I feel like I’ve seen this episode before, oh that’s right we all hate wowhead now…I guess I’d forgotten
I honestly wasn’t very happy with the Twitch change when it happened, at least this time it will be interesting.
EULA message aside, one really has to be selective about the stuff they install these days, because it’s so easy for software to do shady things without the user noticing. It’s questionable at best to automatically trust companies on operating systems like Windows that don’t sandbox everything heavily, because it’s been proven time and time again that such trust will be violated. This is especially true when it comes to anything ad-driven, because scummy ad providers pay multiple times more than well-behaved ones and a lot of companies have absolutely no standards morally.
For myself I’ve made it a policy to never install anything ad-driven directly on any device that’s not heavily locked down. Slimeball apps can do dramatically less damage on my iPhone where I’ve denied them access to everything than they can on my Windows PC where practically everything is accessible and free for the taking due to Windows’ weak permission system.
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Really makes you think why people have such a big issue with something they’re willing to destroy any hope of overwolf being perceived as a trustworthy platform.
I see this as evidence that enough people don’t trust something for one to suspect beyond a reasonable doubt that overwolf is not, in fact, trustworthy.
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For me, Cursed Forge has been around for a long damn time. I doubt they would be willing to throw away all that they built in the community to deal with some shady platform. I have no doubt they probably had a long discussion with Overwolf about their past and where they stand now before they made this deal.
It depends on if the CurseForge guys had any say in the matter. Twitch or its parent company Amazon may have made an executive decision against the wishes of CurseForge. I’ve seen this happen firsthand countless times with software companies in Silicon Valley.
Thats the thing, they tried to stop this as well but back tracked on it once called out for it. If you hosted on curse at all they weren’t going to allow you to move 3rd party programs. The only reason they aren’t bad now is because of people holding them accountable, which is why people are speaking up.
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I for one hope you are right, and that the Overwolf devs are making a genuine effort to build a robust, solid user experience.
I just don’t believe that they are.
All too often when a company buys another company, that decision always comes down to $$$$.
It’s why activision and blizzard merged. It’s why adobe, avid, and autodesk are some of the worst companies in existence. They are profit driven first and foremost, and their stonks shareholders prove that.
It’s amazing how badly Photoshop and Illustrator have degraded over the years, not to mention how Macromedia’s several golden geese were slowly killed off… yeah, I’m not fond of Adobe either.
I reverted back to PS15. Refuse to use any of their cloud based apps.
The problem is if the updater fails, the mod authors will just leave the platform and then Cursed Forge becomes worthless to them. It is in their best interest to work together to make the platform better than their past would indicate.
I switched to alternatives back some time around CS5. What got me was the UI gradually getting laggier and more messy with each passing year, along with the addition of numerous gimmick features I never used. Honestly CS1 probably has everything I need, and if I needed to I could get by with PS/Illustrator 7.0 (pre-CS).
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The whole point of adobe moving to a subscription service was to cut down on piracy. Now it’s only $15 a month for a license, instead of $2000. Great right? Well no, especially if you plan on actually using it long term it becomes more expensive than ever. And you don’t even get to keep the software.
They have actually pushed me towards the jolly roger more than ever. It’s ridiculous.