Originally Posted by Vyper
If WM was doing it free, so are WoWI and Curse, all of the above provide addons for free, all of the above provide updaters... free, all of the above are ad-based in their revenue streams.
The difference is WoWI and Curse both provide author tools, both require that the author submit their addons for distribution, rather than leeching from other sites or stealing them outright.
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WM was free entirely...Curse is free to a point...and doesnt intentionally slow peoples downloads down so they can entice them to buy premium. I just love how WoW says "There will be no selling of addons..period"...ok lets go around that and make the downloads slower so we can get the money another way.
By the way...if they're free as you say....then how is it stealing or leeching...they are just taking and resdistributing..for free. The only money coming in is from the same ads you guys run to keep your site running. The SAME thing. They arnt profiting or asking anyone for money. Just distributing the mods that are...as you say...free anyway...for...gasp...free!