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[@the_disco_option]

The stalking plugin is an example of why the devs can never endorse any mods, because you never know if there's a backdoor or something malicious going on.

[@killbrain3410]

Oh, give me a break. Plenty of MMO's allow players to use addons that meet acceptable standards. Stop parroting SE's bad talking points.

[@BaithNa]

It's also why the devs need to start doing weekly micro patches and completely get rid of mods. They've gone too far and it's become a security risk and a lawsuit in the making.

[@bobbypadlock]

@@killbrain3410 most mmos devs wouldnt push an update that can be exploited like this tho

[@Feast_]

I mean, they can. Jagex has an approval process that needs to be met for plug-ins to be added to OldSchool Runescape's Runelite client. Any malicious plug-ins need to be downloaded externally, and at that point that would be your fault for not installing a plugin through official means

[@killbrain3410]

@@bobbypadlock I don't disagree with that, and I'm not opposed to them taking actions against this particular bad mod developer. My point, though, is that stating that all mods are bad--or that posing an argument that modding as a whole is a problem--is something with which I strongly disagree. "Good" mods enhance what is objectively a terrible UI. And a wide-scale crackdown on them now will only hurt a game that needs to find some way to attract players, not shed them.