šŸŗ Overwolf Addon Management Changeover - *NOW* 2nd December

Community General Discussion
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I donā€™t personally run any addon manager in the background, I open update and close it.

Iā€™ve not actually tried Overwolf but I presume it can be closed.

I am aware of all the horror stories of Overwolf and performance.

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to use addon manager you have to also open the overwolf client, so to update your addons you have to deal with the overwolf bloat. From what iā€™ve heard overwolf still runs in the background unless you disable its process in task manager

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i did that when i had overwolf, updated then closed. but then i get random crashes until i uninstalled the app. its weird i know

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Apps that do that are a big NO NO for me.

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And thats the whole issue.

If the addon manager was a stand alone app, like Wowup, it would b fine. But you NEED the overwolf client to run it and the overwolf client is as sketchy as it gets.

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Some have switched to alternatives

https://ogri-la.github.io/wow-addon-managers/

We donā€™t know if they will continue to work or whether Overwolf will go after them to shut them down. They suffered a backlash with their first approach which was a tad aggressive. Theyā€™ve since said they are not looking to close other apps down. So time will tell.

Wowhead highlighted a few of the alternatives. I can dig out the articles if you want.

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Wowup received a ā€˜cease and desistā€™ order according to the person who makes it (findable on reddit, i cant post). Curseforge wow addons cannot be charged for. So Overwolf cannot limit access to them at all (goes against Blizzard TOS and API TOS).

Its all abit sketchy.

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Update manually.
Problem solved.
Dont be lazy.

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That is what created the backlash and Overwolf changed itā€™s tune.

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Changed its tune for now. Have no faith in them keeping it.

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Gnomesā€¦

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Thatā€™s fine if you donā€™t use many addons, in the old days we didnā€™t really update very often, now I have at least 2-3 in my list per day that update.

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Twitch seems happy with their latest news:

" Weā€™re pleased to announce a new home for CurseForge!

The CurseForge mod manager is transitioning out of the Twitch client, and moving to a new dedicated desktop app. Please click (FaefuĀ“s censoring links omg) to visit Overwolfā€™s site, where you can download the desktop app and learn more about Overwolf and future plans for CurseForgeā€¦

On December 2nd the ā€œModsā€ tab in the Twitch client will no longer be supported."

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I logged on Twitch to find that message of doom just now :cry:

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They are like ā€œWe are so happy to announceā€¦ā€ like dude, the news was bad news

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Echo just went into partnership with Curseforge as well so their twitter seems to be promoting the Overwolf app too.

I might have to try it to see if itā€™s as bad as people say.

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Yush, I would love a green such as yourself to help the community on this issue.

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Found an article which was done yesterday interviewing the CEO of Overwolf.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/hnewman/2020/11/06/overwolf-changes-privacy-features-and-ads-in-curseforge-app-for-minecraft-and-wow/?sh=48c0ce9c71bf

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Just FYI you can do a link by pasting in the url, highlighting it and then using the </> button. It will look like this

www.demonstration.com

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omg, I love you right now!

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