Re:Popular WordPress plugin tried to spam users' dashboards
by CM30 on Saturday November 30, 2019 @08:30AM
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My experience is that modding/addon communities for almost any community type software seems to fall into two categories:
1. The type mentioned here, where everything's about upsells and trying to get people to buy premium versions of seemingly 'free' themes and plugins (or what not).
2. The 'nickle and dime people for every cent' setup, where any theme or plugin, regardless of size seems to have a price tag slapped on it. XenForo and IPB have this problem, as does OpenCart.
It's depressingly rare to find a piece of software where the modding/addon/theme/extension community stays a place filled with passionate community members sharing things they're interested in/work on as a hobby rather than those trying to make a buck off everything.
1. The type mentioned here, where everything's about upsells and trying to get people to buy premium versions of seemingly 'free' themes and plugins (or what not).
2. The 'nickle and dime people for every cent' setup, where any theme or plugin, regardless of size seems to have a price tag slapped on it. XenForo and IPB have this problem, as does OpenCart.
It's depressingly rare to find a piece of software where the modding/addon/theme/extension community stays a place filled with passionate community members sharing things they're interested in/work on as a hobby rather than those trying to make a buck off everything.