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Was the money we made you not enough? Seriously? 🧵

If you missed it, Modrinth, the "independent, open source, community first" CurseForge alternative, just got bought by Spark Universe. Spark makes Essential Mod. Yeah, that Essential. The one half the modding scene has warned you off for years.

The deal closed in February. They sat on it until June. FOUR MONTHS. Their whole brand is "we're transparent," and they hid a change of ownership from the people who use the site for a third of a year.

"But it's still open source!" Sure, the code is. That's it. Open source doesn't cover your data, moderation, pricing, the roadmap, or who's deciding all of it. Plenty of open source projects are owned by companies that don't have your back. Modrinth's one now.