What do I mean? I mean those of you who say that they are early access but don’t remotely let their content out from behind paywalls, much less on time. They say on their patreon“Oh, I’m early access! This will be released in 3 weeks!” 3 weeks come, 3 weeks go, nothing’s released. People are still waiting and waiting, and waiting for content to come out from behind the paywall.
Let’s also not forget all of the people who release 70% of their content under early access, but instead of making patreon exclusives things such as how-to videos, polls, or other methods of interacting with the creator, they make “exclusive” CC for their patreons that you only get if you pay the paywall fee. (Which STILL violates EA’s rule. ALL CC you make has to go into early access and THEN be released, OR just be released for free.)
Here’s the deal, I am not against early access at all. I think it is a wonderful way to show CC creators we care. But part of the problem is when you SAY you are giving people early access, and then keep stuff locked behind paywalls, not only are you legally breaking rules, but you are EHTICALLY ruining your reputation. How are your patreons going to expect you to keep your word to them when you cannot even keep your word to the community?
Look, if you’re gonna be a tool and hide content behind paywalls, at least have the guts to admit it versus trying to claim you’re in line with EA’s TOU. I’d almost think that some people are doing this to try to deter pirates from stealing their stuff, but to be honest, it’s really **not hard to do the math** and check your tumblrs/patreons/sites to see if you have kept your end of the bargain. Most pirates don’t like to share content from donation/early access creators, but if you’re not following their part of the ethical bargain with EA, well, I highly doubt the pirates are going to give you a pass and not distribute your content.
Now, if there’s a legit reason (ex: computer died, family emergency)that your content isn’t uploaded/shared on time, that’s fine as long as it’s communicated about to your patreons/followers. But some people it’s been over a month or two since stuff was posted, and that’s getting a little bit too long.
Really great example right here:
Looks like a normal early access blog right? Not too bad….until we reach this…
Now here we have a custom skin that this patreon still has LOCKED behind a paywall. Notice when it was posted? NOV 25th of LAST YEAR. It is now the 19th of January, well past the time for the skin to be released to the public. And there have been OTHER skins made since then, all still locked behind paywalls.
Now, giving this creator the benefit of the doubt, I then checked their tumblr to see if perhaps they posted the skin for free on their tumblr:
No dice there.
You see the problem here?
If you are spending money on patreon to support sims 4 creators, PLEASE do the community a solid and don’t support people who act this way. Support people who actually care about the community, care about copyright, and care about respecting the TOU of others, and the game creators. If you need a good list, feel free to check my sims CC tracker.
Jan. 19th
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Howdy! I go by "Sunny" here in the realm of tumblr.I am a 25-year-old, autistic and artistic polymath. That means that I have a lot of different skills related to the arts. I write, draw, paint, illustrate, dance, sing, and teach.
In the real world, I teach 5-8th grade art at a small school in rural Missouri. Although some might say what I do is thankless, I greatly love it. When not teaching, I'm normally bothering my boyfriend, or snuggling my turtle, August.
"We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real?"- Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
How did you get started writing about paywalls and the sims?
The straw that broke the camel's back for me was when itsbrandysims bullied Shelly {savvysweet} out of the sims community over a hair base. The absolute hypocricy of his actions, when he had stolen/converted items from IMVU in the past just rankled me. I wrote a post on the subject, and found that people seemed to enjoy my thoughts. I decided from then on I'd focus on enducating people about how paywalls hurt the sims community. And that was that!
Why do you have so many cc find resources?
I'm a teacher, so I cut my teeth on google and its services when I was in college. So using those tools to organize information comes naturally. So when I realized I wanted to keep different lists of resources for the sims, it seemed natural to do it on online suites like google! I've also learned how to use notion too, which is an awesome tool.
Why do you not have anons on?
Because apparently, having the opinion that paywalls are sucky for modding communities, and being outspoken about it makes certain parties angry.
Those parties have done things such as doxxing me, contacting my job to try to get me fired, sent me hateful asks making fun of my personal appearence, and other things. Because I don't want to give them any leverage, I don't let asks be anon.
If you want me to answer you privately, or talk about the subject without mentioning you or your ask, just mention it in the ask you send me. I will 100% respect your privacy wishes. :)
