[Moparx]

Great post Chris M.. i agree completely.

I have no problem paying for hacks. In fact, I have purchased them before.
However, what I dislike is seeing a link to a paid version suddenly appear at the top of an free (and generally unfinished) beta soon after people help iron out the bugs in the product.

The coders definitely have the right to sell anything they want for as much money as they want.. but its how some of them go about it that irks me


On the flip side, I can understand why many want to move onto paid hacks. I am constantly astonished at the audacity some people have on the forum in regards to the free hacks that are made available to them.

They +++++ when a hack isnt exactly like how they want it, demand and expect support for every hack, give your hack a low rating if they don't agree with something, etc.

MarcoH64's Private Message Workbench comes to mind... his hack has a warning built in that let forum users know that their PMs could be read when his hack was installed. There is nothing wrong with that.. and truthfully it should be disclosed if you are going to actively read your members PMs.

However, some members felt they had to go out of their way to complain and give his hack 2 stars or under because they disagreed with that policy.

Originally Posted by plubius

I have not seen one forum yet where you have to pay to be a member.

SomethingAwful comes to mind