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For me personally, bad encrypted mods are binned with more of a 'why did they even bother' shrug rather with a petulant flourish, but I take your point.ah a voice of reason. whenever a mod is posted that is encrypted someone will post a message explaining how they delicately three pointed it into their imaginary bin with a limp liberache style wrist
usually in some sort of petulant defiance, usually for something that was free in the first place. clearly raised by peasants.
no one cares.
99% of the most vocal anti encrypters have never had their work actk'd
that being said encrypting without lods should be illegal.
There are at least three different types under discussion here:
1. Those who have taken care and attention to provide original and unique high-quality mods, properly tested, with everything (and more) you could reasonably expect from a Kunos car, and who want to stop shysters from profiting from their work.
2. Those who slap any old crap together then freeze-dry it using encryption as a badge of honour.
3. Those who create (and then abandon) almost wonderful work but with one game-breaking fault that would normally be very easy to fix if it wasn't encrypted.
It's number three that's the frustrating one. Encryption doesn't matter with number one because the car is objectively perfect, and it doesn't matter with number two because it's so bad it'd get binned regardless of whether it was encrypted or not.
And objectively bad encrypted cars being 'free' isn't really a legitimate excuse for any apologists out there. The modder is wasting our time and our bandwidth by enticing us to try their crap that undoubtedly comes with some very bold claims and beguiling screenshots.
Anyway, its good that we can discuss this emotive and divisive topic in a level-headed way. I know it bores some people, but so do bad encrypted mods. Luckily, both are relatively easy to ignore.