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> These aren't actual, real, problems. Well, "our investors demand more monetization then what's possible when first-party servers don't have a monopoly" is a
by a1369209993 7y ago
> These aren't actual, real, problems.
Well, "our investors demand more monetization then what's possible when first-party servers don't have a monopoly" is a actual, real, problem; the problem is that the investors have too much control over the software design.
> There are dedicated servers for World of Warcraft.
There were dedicated (third-party, ie potentially self-hosted) servers; last I checked (when I wanted to give WoW another try) Blizzard has been agressively C&Ding them whenever it can.
- MaxikCZ 7y agoServers still exist. Its only servers that were raising money (even to just cover the costs), that were threatened with lawsuit.
- a1369209993 7y agoCitation? I was specifically looking for a server to run locally (ie on the same physical machine as the client), and nothing turned up.