The only reason why I would understand encryption is for scratch made stuff. Like, fully scratch made. Because it is entirely your's in the first place. If the car/track is a conversion of any other source, legally acquired or not, it's claiming exclusive property, no matter how "good" your content is. Imagine being in a store, buying (legally) a toy and as soon as you buy it, you paint it all red. Now, you claim ownership of all the same toys that are also painted in red. Sounds silly ? Yep.
But I must say, I'm not mad at modders who encrypt their content. I don't understand, but It's their choice. Unpopular opinion maybe, but if I'm mad at someone about encryption, it's for "the one" (or the many) who made it possible in the first place, crushing the spirit of everything I love in modding. I wont blame names or anything, nor here nor to myself, but if the're is a guilty one, this is "him" (maybe Ilja, maybe someone else, hell maybe Kunos themselves, I dunno). Still, glad to see people not encrypting their content at all and keeping that spirit alive.
Well like everything it is 'bustable' from what I've seen on other forums.
Pretty sure some of EASY's recent reg or rex or whatever mods where encrypted but he has managed to 'fix' them and they aren't now encrypted.
This topic comes up A LOT.
It is what it is, option is there and some take it, nothing will change it.
Same as people that think private mods should never be shown in public, it makes no sense.
Modders can do what they like with their mods at the end of the day.
Vast majority of people playing AC are not fiddling behind the scenes like us lot, they are just getting cars and playing the game, they don't care that they can't get into the data files because i guess 80 percent of AC base don't even know how to access it, it isn't on their radar.
Do i care ever that Raceroom is encrypted when i play it?
Do i care that a tree is not green enough?
No because i can't do anything about it.
We here are in a bubble, nothing wrong with that, but i think its easy to assume this thread is some example of the AC player base and I'd guess its not.
Most want a filter they download one, download a car, download a track, download greener trees, download cameras.
They don't care about encryption or private mods.
Encryption was to stop the 20 percent or whatever who mod stuff.
Basically the same bubble we are all in.
Anyone outside of it won't give a damn and that is the ''market' for want of a better word.
Same as VR users, they think there are millions playing AC in VR because the ones who have it are so vocal about it, but barely anyone is using VR compared to screens, no one is going to cater just to VR unless a modder uses VR right.
Bubbles.