DO NOT Download Minecraft Mods From These Websites…
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- Опубліковано 17 тра 2024
- For over a decade now, minecraft mods have been stolen by shady websites who reap the benefits. And thats if you're lucky, because if you're not, you are probably downloading malicious files and software...
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0:00 - Intro
1:00 - What’s Going On?
2:23 - Stop Mod Reposts Movement
5:24 - Lies, Deception & Abuse
8:25 - The Worst of Them All.
10:19 - Curseforge Is No Longer Safe?
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@@minecraftsurvivals8538 how would you know what he has said when you haven’t watched the video yet? You commented 1 minute after the video came out?
Capitalism sucks, just do communism instead
why dont you provide links to several legit sites?
po-ta-to
As a modder myself, I thank you for making this video. It sheds light on how ignorant these people behind the websites really are to the feelings of the original creators.
How are they ignorant? They are making big money off your labor. You can call it immoral but it's certainly not ignorant.
bfdi
@@William0271 you do realize that what they are doing is stealing money off of what people could be making. the reposting websites do not give profits back to the developers
@@sierraa72 That has nothing to do with being ignorant though. Do you know what "ignorant" even means? Not trying to be rude, I'm just pretty sure you don't know the meaning of the word (I guess you could say that you're ignorant to it lol)
@@anonymousalien7417 they’re ignorant of peoples feelings
As a mod developer I can understand how painful it can be if your mod is reposted, it takes a really long time to make mods and to have someone steal credit or associate you with a virus hurts
"steal credit"?
I have never seen any site reposting mods claiming they made them. They usually include links to the creators sites as well.
Look more.
@@nonyabisness6306 they are still making money off of the creator’s work without permission. Pretty scummy thing to do
@@raghav1026 And the mod dev is making money off the original game's creator. pretty scummy thing to do? Which is why some game devs wanted mods to be banned in the past.
Here's a little secret: Publicity = good. If you get your mod posted everywhere you will end up with more downloads, if you curtail it people will make their own better mod with time out of sheer annoyance.
the devs are just greedy and frankly mostly just are control freaks that don't understand that users ALLWAYS prioritise their own comfort.
Little test: which games do you think do better over time? Those with mod support or those without? Easy answer as all the games with the best support still have huge audiances today, whereas the other just...went away. similarly those mod devs that tried to control everything and get paid for their shit mostly just go away, where the others stay and prosper. Minecraft is far from the first game where this has come up.
@@nonyabisness6306 that is an absolutely brain dead take on this problem. mod developers make money off of something THEY make for the game.
the mod dev made the mod. now on the other hand these random websites are making money off of something they had no involvement in... if you cant see the issue here then you are a little special to say the least
For Minecraft I only use CurseForge, Modrinth and Planet Minecraft, but it is good to know about the extension. I hope they decide to go back and maintain it again, 'cause it's crucial for anyone who enjoys modding and actively do it for lots of games.
Thank you for making this video! It's an important issue that has plagued the comunnity for many, many years, yet unfortunately has not shown many signs of slowing down. Hopefully sharing this message will help.
Just want to add a tad bit of clarification with the Iris/Sodium fiasco. They didn't decide to leave Curseforge due to the reuploads, but because of a bunch of technical issues with the new website, which was the last straw for the full move to Modrinth.
Only after they archived Iris and Sodium (which they did to make sure old modpacks still work), Curseforge fully deleted them and allowed anyone to reupload the mods.
So Curseforge basically did this to keep Iris and Sodium on their platform, and/or to bully them into staying on Curseforge.
that site is getting worse by the week or month with what we've been finding
Wow
CurseForge rules were changed now and both forked mods are taken down.
Oh, that's so much worse
@@MadisOtenurm sad the biggest legit site wants to take down forks of mods
As someone who relies heavily on Curseforge I am now genuinely scared it'll host malware
It doesn't. The majority of its drama was fear mongering to garner attention to their situation.
The only past instance I can think of is years ago when someone managed to sneak some malicious code into a build of Tinker's Construct without the main dev realizing. Curse does have a verification system for all uploads, but that one likely passed by, due to it being from an extremely well known modder who has done nothing wrong in the past. Luckily this was discovered very quickly.
For me i only download a mod if a well known youtuber has linked to the page.
@@ryan20028 unfathomably based
It's entirely safe, it's the iris devs throwing a tantrum despite it being on a licence allowing it to be reuploaded
Thank you, my man. I last used 9minecraft 6 months ago for maps, but when I found the stop mod reposting extension I will never download something form these sites. Again thank you for spreading the word!
Thank you! As a mod dev, I hate my mod files being re-uploaded, mainly because they are often outdated.
I should add that the re-upload site's moderators frequently check for new mods. Usually, when uploading a brand-new mod to CurseForge, it appears in the Google search results re-uploaded on 1-2 sites by the NEXT MORNING. Some sites even use bots for it, which you can tell because of timestamps, and the article is a full copypasta of the mod description page.
I'm glad Modrinth is becoming more popular now, it's such a nice fluid site that I've never had a single issue with, never had to watch a single ad or had any real concerns.
well, there is a single ad on the page, but its so unintrusive you just didnt notice it. thats why modrinth is nice.
yeah modrinth is nice, I heard curseforge can take like a week to review mods/modpacks
may I ask if there's a modrinth launcher with similar automation for dependencies and the like as the curseforge one?
@@deltainfinium869 uhm, modrinth is working on their own launcher, but atm prism is the best option as you can update singular mods in the launcher itself, besides changing modpack versions of packs from various sources
do you guys not use adblockers?
I remember once I downloaded mods from this specific minecraft site where *All Mod Downloads were .exe files* which is the biggest red flag ever, my toddler brain back then didn't even give that a thought so that was the main way I installed mods for a while, to this day I'm still surprised that website didn't give me a virus.
it could have been running something behind the scenes and you didn't realize it, like a cryptominer or botnet
@@squabbledMC I'm pretty sure it didn't since I never had performance problems on that PC, plus this was back in 2010 - 2014, so crypto mining viruses weren't as widespread as they are today
@@squabbledMC You would know if it was a cryptominer. Yes cryptominers work in the background, but they use absurd amounts of power causing noticeable lag and other issues that would quickly be noticed.
it did give you a virus
it could be a rat
Literally just happened to me, glad you're bringing attention to this because I remember when I was a kid and I'd get a hell of a lot of malware on my computer from using sites like this.
Modder here, thank you so much for shedding light on this issue. My team and I are tired of having our months of labor stolen to make more money than all of us combined. Helping educate others that this is happening, it's highly illegal, and highly dangerous is the first step to hopefully cull a good portion of these problematic sites. Keep up the fantastic work, love your videos!
I have a question.
What kind of revenue do you expect from your mod?
Do you host your mod on a own side or curse forge / monolith
@@phsiebler We have the mod on CurseForge and Modrinth. We make very little revenue, just the CF points and the little Modrinth pays. That's why it stings all the more when our work gets stolen.
@@nitro_dynamite18 understandable why you are frustrated I always assumed mod developers don't really earn money expect through donations. I hope this video will notify more people about the issue
I'm an experiences Java developer and was just wondering.. do you think Curseforge will remain safe to use in the future? Kind of conflicted now..
@@doodle173_ I think so, yes.
Thanks for shining an extra light on the CurseForge situation!
Iris devs are just having a tantrum lmao
Last time I see creator that stealing content and upload but curseforge is you tube they have care at all in creators that boost their sites.
@@jeusmarcomascarina4102 godzilla had a stroke reading this.
@@MudakTheMultiplier I heard it has spyware in it
@@starrymohannad eh, spyware might be a little bit strongly worded, but it definitely runs when you don't want it to and has access to files that I don't need a Minecraft mod manager to have access to. Honestly I would be fine using curseforge as designed if I didn't have to deal with that launcher. As it is I go through the hoops to use gdlauncher instead. Amazon saw that they had controll of Minecraft mods and got greedy.
Dang, now I feel really bad for downloading mods from sites like these. I had no idea those types of websites were malicious. Thanks for shedding light on this, I'll definitely be more careful and mindful from now on.
Now that I think about it, so many mods I've tried to download previously would always crash my game. I always thought it was because of my computer, as it's just a regular Mac and not a gaming computer, but now I'm wondering if this is a reason why it happened
Uhmm u should probably reset ur mac tbh and the passwords of everything important 2 this sounds alot like a virus
@@poppedbymoney no it’s probably just the computer we don’t know yet
It happened to me, but I always solved it because most of the time 9minecraft doesn't update the mods, so I always ended up finding the mod on curseforge and downloading the latest version and the game stopped crashing
maybe the mod version was wrong despite trying your best to get the correct version from those sites
i get lag issues but probably because I sometimes use many mods at the same time on a pc that occasionally takes 2 hours to load Google chrome
This aged like fine wine, he knew this is a problem
My man woke up and decided to predict a huge virus attack and be 100% accurate
I saw curseforge and scare the shit out of me.
Glad you mentioned modrinth. I've been using the site for mods and other stuff for a while now and its honestly one of the cleanest and smoothest running websites I've ever used for MC related stuff.
Really? I've found it to be janky, inconsistently performing, and lacking in absolutely basic features like tracking dependents to find addons. Their UI is also extremely user hostile with many redundant clicks and lack of clarity about downloads.
@@superslash7254"The most useless comment ever"
@@superslash7254 curseforge apologist right here 🤡🤡🤡
@@bigboy898how do you know that?
@tonybablony2041 He doesn't lmao
I HIGHLY suggest, no matter where you get a file, at the very least scan it with virus total. And make sure you have a good antivirus. No one is immune to viruses.
well said
I'm part of the Splatoon modding community and know how heartbreaking it is to have your content stolen. There was a huge modpack I worked on for months and some useless idiots reuploaded it as their own work shortly after the original release. It took me two years to build up enough confidence to relist the mod and post new stuff again, and I still haven't completely healed from it. Can't imagine what it's like to have it happening on this level, especially when money is involved 😟
Yeah, if simply playing a Splatoon mod is hard I can only imagine how difficult it is to actually create one. Hopefully that doesn’t happen again.
if your content being reposted once is enough to kill your motivation then just don't be a modder lmao.
maximally thin skinned people.
@@gotgunpowder If one simple internet comment unrelated to you from TEN MONTHS AGO triggers you this much for no valid reason, then just get off the computer and go do something actually useful with your life lmao.
Maximally inflated ego people with a skill issue, smh. Thanks for giving me a good laugh tho this is hilarious
The only reason to use these kinds of sketchy websites is if you're searching for a dead mod that only they have. I think I've gotten a few of such pieces of the past from them. As for good mod sources, Modrinth has been my go-to for quite some time now.
yes, they only a key to dead mods
It's like going to a landfill to try and salvage small pieces of electronics that are no longer in production.
Only do it if you know what you're doing, and only if you have sufficient security in a worse case scenario.
As someone who has been installing mods since beta and remember the times before Forge was a thing but haven't paid a lot of attention to the scene for the past few years I'm honestly surprised that some of these shifty sites are still around, over a decade later.
Weird that this video was uploaded around the time the virus first entered curseforge
The first one was 7 years ago for some security testing...
wow that transition is dope 2:25
Yeah, it is awesome.
Hello verified person
Im glad someone is actually talking about this, this has been popular for too long.
Mate just predicted a whole attack
Minecraft Fractureiser Incident.
It applies to more than cursed forge but also mordith
Sadly this problem doesn't only exist in the Minecraft modding community...
Back in the days of 1.8, 9minecraft was my go to mod site and i only recently learned the truth. Thankfully i switched to curseforge over 6 years ago but it’s scary how many of these sites are out there.
Honestly pretty much same for me. I was reletively new to MC modding and didn't know where else to find mods at the time.
I'm honestly just relieved I had my dad who was already in the modding community. He told me and my sister where to go and we've been following him. He just kinda guides us through everything when it comes to modding things.
@@spoopyvirgil4944 W Dad
@@spoopyvirgil4944 W
@@alvinmokhramTranslated your comment and got "UCZ3tm50N8W3le7U61BC4FMA W"
The problem with saying "don't download from those sites" is that a lot of the time, they're the only source for mod/texture pack you're trying to find, especially if it's for older versions. If every mod/texture pack maker actually kept an archive of the things they made, people (like me) wouldn't have to resort to downloading from sketchy websites.
atleast scan it with virustotal
You can't get those versions anywhere because those versions don't exist. 9minecraft and the like prey on people like you by having misnamed mods.
@@Elian504 ehh, not always true.
sometimes a dev makes a port (or in most cases just a mod) and then deletes it, thus making the sketchy site the ONLY way to get it(unless you somehow find someone with the original file...and even then good luck.
er, both on finding them and it not being malware.
@@Elian504 Definitely not true. Older versions of mods (namely beta 1.7.3 mods/TP) are almost always either lost to time, stuck on an HDD in a landfill, or on said sketchy sites. It's very hard to find very old versions of LB Photo Realism, KDS Photo Realism, etc. without the use of potentially malicious sites.
@@nasrinatiyeh how do you say not true when you mentioned the same sketch sites?
sometimes there is just no other source for the old mods we used to have once before, if getting from any of them 9minecraft is best chances vs dead official source
MOD Dev here, so many websites have stolen my stuff; with some UA-camrs even linking illegal sites in the description. Thanks for shedding light on this issue
Dang, this legend was ahead of everyone else!
I feel sorry for all the people who spent months creating a mod only for it to be stolen by someone
This is a really good reminder that these people who make mods for Minecraft have lives. You may not think that there work being stolen matters since it’s just a Minecraft mod, but we don’t know the authors position. This could be there final resort to make some money.
what are they afraid of an job application?
this aged really well
Thanks for adressing this issue sir! even us bedrock addon makers always feel a needle in the throat everytime our content were stolen blatantly, hope this video would shed light on more people 'v'
I think CurseForge is still one of the safest places to download mods anyway, you just have to be careful what you download.
Exactly plus i obly download mod from trusted ppl and well known modders
@@X50CaliberUT Me too.
yeah a sodium mod with 3 total download is not a good sign
@@minhperry exactly which is why you shouldnt download mods under 50k downloads EVEN THEN its still alot of risk
Thats why I only ever do well known modpacks and never make my own
Thank you for shedding light on this. Some of my datapacks were stolen by 9minecraft and god knows who else.
I've been developing smaller mods for awhile now and this issue is far more rampant than most would think. Even when my mods having first started with only 2 or 3 thousand downloads to their name, they were still stolen and spread across these websites.
What's even worse is when youtubers or individuals making content with your mods then link back to these pages insinuating that its the original download point. When your a small author there's nothing to really do as your word goes nowhere in the large scheme of things. I'm glad more people are speaking out about this now.
Sucks cuz I published a few mods for fabric and every single mod got stolen without credit
This aged fantastically
Crime groups and lone criminals in general are like mushrooms. Even if you catch them it wont matter as they’ll either spring up again elsewhere or some other group will take there place. It really is disgraceful how so many people are ok with doing this regardless of reasons.
And like mushrooms, the only way to get rid of them completely is a scorched earth policy, which takes every other plant in the crossfire
This Whole situation for the Modders and the Downloaders Mods/Data Stolen really hurts everyone and I feel for everyone that has gotten there PC’s hacked and the Modders work stolen. Thanks for the update video
Back in the days of 1.5 I used to download mods from some russian dude's website, the place itself didn't look shady but the mods there were definitely stolen. They used to distribute the zip files at one point but would slowly get replace these with some weird installer that would try to insert malicious software into the computer I used. Glad to see someone finally call out sites like that one.
Great that you made a video about this topic! For 10 years I tell people they should only trust curse, planetmc and mcforum when looking for mods and packs.
Great video, Thank you for making people aware of this, I speak alot with mod creators and getting their mods/assets stolen is one of the worst feeling
Wow didnt expect to find you here
Bro that thumbnail scared the hell out of me 💀
As a minecraft veteran of 11 years, this is shocking to me since I havent used many mods in recent years, but back in my early days, 9Minecraft and many of these sites were almost my go to. I hope this video is seen by someone similar to me in my early beginnings so they dont make the mistakes I did back then.
I've been playing since Alpha. I've never used mods and this just solidifies me keeping with vanilla
@@camwyn256 well, that doesnt mean that all mods WILL have malware, its just shitty people doong shitty things to gain profit
@@BagOfButtons very true, however I'm good with vanilla MC. Always coming out with new stuff.
Now Fallout and Elder Scrolls. Those games I mod the crap out of, after playing first through vanilla. Also, the Nexus is really good. Never got any maleware, but I also go through all the reviews before downloading a mod.
@@camwyn256 fair enough tbh
@@BagOfButtonsVery true
I used to make Minecraft adventure maps for MCPE (bedrock) back in the day. Before, maps were slightly difficult to install. (For typical mobile users) my adventure maps were all over the unofficial Minecraft map installer apps that were all over the play store. I was obviously annoyed at first, but I realized it wasn't that big of a deal. The ad link shorter never really paid much anyways. I actually appreciated the fact that it gave my map a larger reach, letting thousands of people to play the maps I worked really hard on. It also expanded the reach of my maps to people from different countries. I even met someone in real life who played one of my maps and they had downloaded it from one of the unofficial sources
in theory, the only protection for open source mods to prevent reuploads like this is filing the name as a trademark.
but that costs money which modders usually don't have to throw around.
and if it is some page like 9minecraft, an international trademark suit will be expensive.
I can guarantee you you won't be able to file a trademark for a mod without the owner of the game you're modding sueing you into oblivion, and i don't mean the game.
@@nonyabisness6306 sounds like something Nintendo would do
@@pumkin610 true lmao
@@pumkin610 in fact they do.
@@nonyabisness6306 why? of couse you can't trademark the games name. but the mod is its own creation, with copyright and a name, that can be trademarked. of course, that won't stop the shady pages like 9minecraft, but curseforge should respect that.
and even for the owner of the game itself are some benefits to this: nobody wants a game where you easily run into the problem of having malware-mods.
Always great when MisterEpic uploads
I always knew 9Minecraft was sketchy but I'm really sad about Curseforge. I've been using it for Minecraft mods for years, and recently for The Sims 4 mods, and it sucks to see the platform fail the very same modders it's supposed to be for. When Curseforge first started supporting Ts4 mods, I was surprised that a lot of modders were actively deciding NOT to use the platform, despite it's benefits. Now I can see why.
Important context for the Iris/Sodium situation; the developers decided to exclusively post their mod on modrinth and not curseforge which then lead to them archiving the mod on curseforge. The mod was still fully accessible to but then curseforge went ahead and deleted the entire page, breaking modpacks that use either mod. Then leading to the situation shown in the video.
Several other mod creators are also moving over to exclusively post on modrinth. A fully video on curseforge/overwolf involvement with mod/bedrock addon upload sites(mcpedl/curseforge) could be interesting @TheMisterEpic
CF only deleted the page because the devs broke ToS by linking to modrinth in the description.
While I personally don't agree with that rule, the spin that CF deleted the pages out of spite is exaggerated at best.
@@WGSXFrank Oh I wasn't aware of that, all I knew was shortly after they announced that the page was deleted
@@WGSXFrank Iris broke the rule of not having public files for download, which to be clear was a rule that did not exist prior to this and was created specifically for this situation.
Linking to other sites is not against the rules, and Iris has done it for years with it's own installer link.
Even more important context: The GPL-3 license explicitly allows redistribution and Curseforge only deleted the original pages because Iris devs deliberately violated the curseforge terms of service. This was basically the already famously toxic Iris devs throwing a tantrum, then throwing an even bigger tantrum when there were consequences for violating the ToS of the site, and then throwing an even bigger tantrum than that when someone did something 100% legal according to the license they chose to release under. Iris devs want the benefits of GPL-3 without the obligations
@@superslash7254 So CF not bad? Interesting
I'm so glad modrinth has come up and become popular. It's gonna be much better for the development of the mod community, having a website dedicated to mods that has a UI that isn't trying cram things down your throat.
I noticed a mass exodus of mods form curseforge just yesterday. Mod menu left curseforge too.
Say what sounds like i have to stop using curseforge guess im switching to modrinth
oh so that's why i felt like i was missing something when using the overwolf thing, i wasn't able to get JEI to open up the mod menu correctly
@@JuliTV123 ahh yes i still will have the curseforge app to play certain cool modpacks but i wont use it for individual mods like sweet create
@@Jaymonu12 i too still use curseforge (for over years now) but i kinda plan switching to other websites
but why?
what reason do they have to private the mods on there?
people can still download them(or if people already downloaded them, they can still see the mod's name and page) so why remove them?
When I first uploaded my mod, it wasn't even a few weeks before 9minecraft had it up. I sent an email and I think they removed it, but so many sites do it. It just isn't worth the time to email each one, and I gave up very fast. Glad you're trying to spread this information.
*So basically your video is just "No fun allowed"*
what?
That's a big yikes. Thank you for making the community aware
So that's why my computer has command prompts on startup... 💀
Maybe, I’ve never downloaded from websites that I haven’t verified are safe and games/mods and I have command prompts on startup dk why tho
@@Agayasfdude, I thought I was being safe getting stuff from Planet Minecraft and Curseforge and apparently I wasn't being safe enough
Windows does that on a fresh install sometimes.
it's not that
@@bluesillybeard it shouldn't but I know some shit drivers do
this is one reason Farming Simulator now has an official mod hub that is available in-game and all mods are tested by Giants before going public
One of my mod reviews lol 2:44 . Good times. 😄
As a java dev who moderates and makes mods for the community, i sure am sad that curseforge themselves are REFUSING to take down any sort of malicious files.
It's sad that one's hard work and passion for making a mod can easily get stolen by someone else for profit
though I will say it's funny how one of these sites is so popular that people try to make sites impersonating that one, it's like a double layer scam
"There's no honour among theives" or smth idk
Kinda surreal how things are getting worse and worse in this community. It's almost cartoonish at this point. Makes me wish Minecraft wasn't basically the only game like itself.
There's also MineTest.
I’m busy reinstalling Minecraft today, as I have gotten rid of TLAUNCHER. Thanks for shedding light on that too!
So in the past 4 years, I downloaded a mod in the wrong website, feel so sorry for those mods makers. Thanks for telling us about this scam
I literally cannot play vanilla without mods anymore because it gets boring too quickly now; I've played minecraft only with modpacks with around 100+ mods. This is some really useful information
what websites do u suggest for bedrock add-ons/mods
This reminds me of ThirtyVirus' plugins being blatantly stolen on SpigotMC, and the people running the site didn't care
This has been a problem for as long as I can remember. Thank god someone big speaks out about it! Kudos 👏
So is Planet Minecraft safe? Because i once posted a Minecraft map there and i dont want to be associated with
I used to install Minecraft mods from 9minecraft when I was younger. Even as a kid, I noticed it was very sketchy, but downloaded mods anyway because I wanted to play with mods. I'm pretty sure that's where my computer I had as a kid got the fbi ransomware virus.
Edit: As you stated, curseforge wasn't as popular yet, so it (9minecraft) was the main place to get mods.
Mod menu, MemoryLeakFix, and MoreCulling have also left Curseforge and moved to Modrinth
Thanks for bringing this to the light. i made a video on this but your so big so you made so many more ppl more aware of this!
From 5:24 forward Epic sounds like he is trying to freestyle rap lol
As someone whose entire personality was defined by Minecraft mods at some point, I am ashamed to say that I didn't know that 9minecraft wasn't an official source. I mainly used curseforge myself, but I had heard of 9minecraft. It is heartbreaking to see how people are stealing other's work.
Same here man, I genuinely thought it was the official site for any minecraft related add ons
I used 9minecraft alot and I believed it was safe now I'm so sad that I have been supporting bad people
I knew that they were illegally re-uploading, but I didn't care. Now I do and I feel bad for the mod developers.
That's why I always download from official mod creator site if possible or double check if it was uploaded by real modder. Unfortunately, that's still not a guarantee. Thanks for the video!
This unfortunately aged extremely well
Minecraft Fractureiser Incident.
I wish Mojang had a steam workshop dealio built into the Java version of the game.
Honestly a video endorsing good places to acquire mods would be great.
This is pretty tricky for sure, but it still begs the question of how one would get offline mods that you can't actually download from the source anymore, you know: digital preservation of content.
But in all seriousness yeah, I feel for the "non-existent versions" on 9minecraft back in the day, but weirdly enough I did find a few mods that worked on versions that were never offically supported... So that opens a whole another can of worms regarding illegal edits as well...
Huge respect to Starmute, for what it's worth.
Real & True. Starmute is awesome
I've gotten a lot of viruses from weird sites
Good job 👍
Good job
Additionally, the recent-ish conundrum with Alex Mobs epic fail on the first april joke (mod behaved like a malware, downloading copyrighted video stuff onto the player's pc and upon deletion downloaded it again, and if it did not work it could have caused very erratic griltching screen that was lethal to epyleptics) and the fact that cf did not check that mod at all, sets up a very negative and bad precedent now. Alex broke a serious law and now set-up a precedent for bad actors to make mods into malvare now.
I’ve seen tons of knock-off Minecraft mods on curseforge lately, so I’m really careful now to research mods I want to get to make sure it’s the real creator’s mod and not somebody else’s
you know its gone too far when the scammer is trying to profit off the scammer
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Cool video, another thing to add on to is with plugins. There is a large issue with plugins being stolen and basically the same thing with mods. The only thing that is different is that there are websites which allow you to sell plugins and make money, but there are shady websites which will buy them and reupload them for cheaper. It’s a big problem for plugin devs and the reason why it’s a problem for me is because I made free plugins that ended up being sold on these pages and I am betting on these websites adding malware.
A lot of times people are also led to download from these sources as curseforge sometimes simply doesn't host the version of the mod they want, but then again, those versions are probably unavailable for a reason.
The reason being that that its not developed, curseforge doesnt pick and choose what versions they publish
As a modder, I personally couldn't recommend Modrinth more, it is relatively new, comes with a super cool UI and supports PrismLauncher (which is by far the best Minecraft Launcher out there imo). And it has basically almost everything that curseforge does.
and it also gives us more money
Now more than ever, it seems Curseforge needs to work on its PR.
Have you considered the possibility for Mojang to host their own official mod platform for Java? It won't be a mod system like reinventing fabric or forge, just an official mod repo.
I mean... There's the marketplace, but that's kind of. uh. well you know how that thing is
good lord no. i do not want the bedrock market place in java.
They'll make you pay for the mods 😂
@@VelvetCake423 BAHAHAHAH no that would be horrendous
Just look over at bedrock and ask yourself if you want that
A friend got his pc infected with some real bad malware by trying to use T launcher, it really is a huge problem. Thanks for this video spreading awareness.
I like when he says:"No pressure ofcourse". I love your vids , keep the great work man!!
the only bonus of these sites is if the mod is removed from the curseforge, it will remain on their sites, meaning it will not be "lost media".
I’d say Modrinth will be the best option for downloading mods, it's nice and clean.
Basically people stealing all types of Minecraft mods and you just can not do anything about it😢
This is a very intense and important subject. Thanks for the great content.
Damn, it is actually really disheartening to see the minecraft modding community being plagued by piracy. I sincerely hope that something can be done to prevent this from going on any further
Piracy is supposed to be a good thing :(
@@TylerTMG bro wtf
impossible to prevent the reuploading of mods it is just a old natural process with a few putting a random virus in their files
@@TylerTMG Against multi-billion companies? Hell yeah. Against some random joe that just made a mod without expecting a dime? Screw off.
@@foolishgoose453 some games i want to buy there stuff but i dont have money so i pirate it until i have money
curseforge doubled down because the point of open source licenses like that are that people can take and reupload them wherever, that's the point of choosing the open source licenses they have. That and someone's ability to modify these things however they see fit, and redistribute those modifications even with the original source code. Redistributing with malware is obviously wack, but else i'm not sure why an open source developer would care about reposts. I dont think curseforge is as in the wrong as you protray them, and i think you miss the philosophy of these kinds of open source licenses to begin with.
Irus in their tweet said that they were illegally reuploading irus. However, Irus is literally wrong about this, the open source license they selected allows for such a reupload. Curseforge was correct in saying that it's not illegal, and if irus wanted it to be illegal they could've chosen a license that gives them more control over the distribution of their open source code. The power is in their hands. This is really weird fear mongering, and curseforge is fine.
Yep.
Also, CF only took down the Iris/Sodom pages because the devs broke ToS by linking to modrinth in the descriptions after archiving their files.
Do I personally agree with the rule? No. But it is a rule that enforced on CF.
People need to know about this. CurseForge's actions on their pages, on the re-uploaders are completely fine. Letting those things to happen is their (mod authors) own fault. I'm not even sure they'll make more profit on Modrinth (100% doesn't mean more). Also CurseForge is working hard to improve their website this year, issues like versioning scheme, markdown, ... is going to be fixed. Too bad they have already done reputation damages hence people are moving away.
Sad how this comment only has 20 likes, but the ones spreading misinformation have hundreds.
one thing that is a mess is that even old mods like a old one called medic craft to make bandages are long gone now
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