It's advertised as free on the official Apple web site and on CNet Download, which gives them heaps of advertising (I can only imagine how many hits that site gets because of this) and yet they are not charging a dime for the software. However, I have never been charged a dime to use WoWMatrix and cannot find anywhere on the site where they force anyone to give them cash. I fully understand and respect your views as they are very valid. Prior to requesting that they remove access to my addons from their service, I inquired as to how their service works, and recieved the following: If you're downloading an addon that's hosted on WoWInterface, through WoWMatrix, the file is sent to your computer from WoWInterface's servers.
WOW ADDON WOWMATRIX DOWNLOAD DOWNLOAD
WoWMatrix doesn't pay the storage bills or the bandwidth bills for the addons you download through its program.
WoWMatrix makes money off of providing access to addons it doesn't host. No similar understanding is attached to WoWMatrix.Ĥ. While the erstwhile WoWAce suffered from this problem to a lesser degree, it was generally understood that everything on WoWAce should be considered beta. They'll just download an addon, deem it broken, and tell their friends that "Addon X sucks, don't use it". Users who find and download an addon through WoWMatrix will never see that warning. On a release site, an author can place a big, bold warning at the top of the description stating than an addon is under development, currently in beta status, is not yet complete, and/or may be unstable. WoWMatrix doesn't show the author's description of an addon anywhere. This means that users who download an addon through their program have no way to give feedback to the author, or report problems they may encounter.ģ. WoWMatrix doesn't show an addon's real download URL anywhere. They are making money off of providing access to an addon, and they can't even spare a few pixels of screen space to give its author nominal credit?Ģ. WoWMatrix doesn't show an addon author's name anywhere. Why? Here are some things to think about :ġ. However, as an addon author, the concept bothers me greatly, and I have actually requested that they stop making my addons available through their program. I personally know many people who use it, including my roommate.
WOW ADDON WOWMATRIX DOWNLOAD UPDATE
I'm sure many of you use the WoWMatrix program to update your addons.
0 kommentar(er)
