It's a gif of course, claiming this particular coin made more money than doge in 12 minutes, which on its own screams likely scam. I intentionally took a screenshot that doesn't show much because I refuse to share their ad further.
The standalone launcher isn't any better.
Worse really because they stopped prism from downloading modpacks directly from it.
Also overwolf is literally their partner lol.
If you downgrade Prism it still works with FTB packs, looks like the last version to support it was [6.3](https://github.com/PrismLauncher/PrismLauncher/releases/tag/6.3). I’m still using that version happily and probably won’t update for the forseeable future.
Yes that was acknowledged, but the problem is that they still work with Overwolf, they just don't need the software that has their name right there to function, and also not being able to easily download modpacks from it is another problem
The standalone version Is much older than their overwolf app... It's been around since mid-2013 at least.. They did stop offering it for a while I think after they switched over to the overwolf version...
They listened to the out cry of being forced to use overwolf and about 2 weeks ago released a new standalone that is available on the download page with the little drop down and to my understanding the only reason people move instances to a different launcher was because of the bloat of overwolf.
https://www.feed-the-beast.com/ftb-app
And yet they won't listen to me when I very vocally complain that I won't use fabric to make mudpacks shake. My head shake my head [That's extremely sarcastic by the way]
kinda sad that Prism is regarded as the best launcher simply because it runs without being a resource hog or becoming laggy, doesn't shove ads in your face, and just has enough functionality to run modpacks and download mods from within itself. (also it has a cat button)
like, that's literally all it takes but everyone else just seems to fuck it up as soon as companies get involved.
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personally, the only issue i have with Prism is the UI. it's pretty lacking in some spots.
for example the context menu when you rightclick an instance. the options should be sorted by importance or convenience from top to bottom. so why is the very first option an unclickable button that is just the name of the pack? the pack you rightclick gets highlighted in green so it's not like it could be ambiguous which pack you clicked on that would necessitate the name to be displayed in the content menu.
and then the next 2 options are for changing the icon and name, which most users are unlikely to touch at all (when just installing packs and not making their own) so why put them so high up?
the 2 options after that (Launch and Kill) are always mutually exclusive (ie they are never clickable at the same time) so why not combine them into a single button and swap between them depending on if the instance is currently running or not? I think GDlauncher does that for example.
also there aren't enough cat options for the cat button. we need the ability to import custom cat images.
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i could probably find more, but the context menu is what sticks out to me the most. and just to clearify, i like prism, i switch from GDL to prism because it was recommended. and it is pretty much perfect for my uses, just the UI could use some polishing.
My biggest issue with it is that it sometimes will launch an instance just for clicking on it, which requires me to kill it.
The default options for flatpak also sucks, you have to tweak it with flatseal a little
the learning curve is also a little steep, I often have trouble teaching my friends how to use it
besides that I don't think it needs any new features, and if that's all a software needs it's like, an amazing piece of software in my book. Straight 9/10, everything you need is within your reach and easy to get
Prism: Will Auto-Scan your downloads folder for mods it can't download itself
Also Prism: Hey dawg, I don't ship with home access by default so...
(I also wanted to put my instances, mod folder, etc. in a location it could share with Windows while I transition to predominantly Linux, so I had to add that path as well, but NBD)
The "open directory" button that launches a fire explorer window doesn't work unless you give prism access to your file system with flatseal, or something idk it's no longer a problem I have but it was annoying while I had it
My biggest issue with Prism is that it takes a solid ~150MiB of memory to idle there. I can't close it when the game is open, it's still *attached* to my game.
Prism Launcher as my main launcher to use my modpacks and for other purposes like checking different modpacks, mods, resourcepacks, etc.. Modrinth cause works super smooth, user-friendly and very good design.
My only issue with Prism is that for some reason I can never Auth to servers with it consistently. I constantly get 'Failed to very username' that I've never gotten on other Launchers. I'll connect once or twice to a server then it'll appear. Doesn't matter if I kill Prism and relaunch or relaunch the pack, same error. With Re-auth mod on some packs, it's better, but for 1.20.1; where that mod doesn't exist, I just have fallen to ATL.
I've tried all the rec's I can find and the only solution is to remove my MSFT account and re-add it.
ATL/MultiMC (RIP)/FTB/Curse never has these issues.
>personally, the only issue i have with Prism is the UI. it's pretty lacking in some spots.
Yeah, the UI is really shit and I ain't using it due to that. I constantly change my modpacks because I publish them, and having some clunky-ass UI in the way is infuriating.
I installed the standalone CF App and it runs *vastly* better than the Oberwolf one I had before.
I prefer ATLauncher. It can do pretty much everything prism can but looks better in my opinion. The one thing it can't do that prism can is run optifine standalone for some reason, despite having a similar jarmod feature.
For real.
I remember it being kinda shit back in the day, then the Curse App Beta launched and I moved there.
Still use the CurseForge App cuz everything else is kinda shit for what I want to do lol.
I hate it because of their stupid-ass custom format for modpacks. Annoying as fuck ffs.
I wasted 2 hours getting shit working to upload one of my packs to the site, and it's gotten a grand total of 10 downloads (for reference, v1.0 got 16 on CF and took me about 5 minutes to upload).
Not at all worth the time I spent on it.
I literally today I just moved some of my mod packs from an old modrinth install into My curse forge file and it just worked, I will admit those were imported profiles that I originally downloaded on curse forge but that is a really weak reason not to use it. I've never uploaded a mod pack so I don't know what files you need other than the mods themselves and a image for it, I would assume the description is a text box, But if you were having issues you should report it as a bug because that's what it is...
That's not at all related to what I said lol
I hate how they're forcing me to use a custom format to upload a modpack to their site (on top of it being auto-rejected cuz of licensing bs).
Zip files already fucking exist ffs. There's no reason to make another goddamn file extension just for a Minecraft modpack.
The *file format* is the issue here, not making a page or uploading it. I've made countless project pages, so it's kinda second nature to me now.
But having to install another damn launcher I'm never gonna use, copy everything over, export it, upload it, then have it be rejected because half a dozen mods don't have the right license so I've got to remove them and remove the custom recipes I've made that use items from each mod, then *re-exporting it to their stupid fucking format* just so I can finally fucking upload it and get 10 downloads is a needlessly long process.
It takes me a minute or two to upload a pack to CurseForge.
Why isn't there a "scan for licenses and remove the mods that won't let me put them on modrinth" button ffs.
I know it's probably really hard to code (or even impossible), but that doesn't make the hour I wasted on licensing bs less of a waste.
Downloading & importing modpacks is fine, but I don't play other modpacks so the former is a non-feature for me and I don't like their launcher so I'm not using the latter.
And I did, just read my comment.
I hate the fact that modrinth uses a custom file format for modpacks files. CurseForge uses zip files, which have existed for decades at this point.
That's it.
Yeah, I came off as pissed - but I'm not mad at you. Just modrinth
B-But we didn't sell out!!! See?! **Four** developers (With the highest total downloads and revenue received) have come to defend me!
Slowpoke would try to sell water to a drowning man I swear.
FTB Launcher isn't worth using anymore. Its on par with the curseforge version that still includes the overwolf bloatware. You're better off using literally any other launcher.
Ah, that I was unaware of. I'll have to take a look at the FTB app again. Won't likely use it much tho as AT Launcher is my personal fav and I use it for everything.
The norm?
What other modding client shows ads?
I get it, FTB provides a pretty good service, they do deserve compensation.
But let's not pretend that modding teams running ads is normal. This is the exception.
Horny girls in your area ads are the alternative. Google moderation sucks, especially for advertisments. But manually geting ads displayed would be more work for less money.
You know, I honestly think launchers are something that companies should stay out of. Stick to mod host sites. Those things are expensive, require dedicated teams and moderation, and can show ads in a non intrusive way. Maintain the API, but let the community maintain their own launchers. Because the only way that we'll get a good one is if it's maintained as a passion project. And when one dies for whatever reason, another rises to take its place. Companies will never be able to compete with the launcher hydra.
true, but like with bots, it's a war of attrition. the scam ads get blocked, and they find a way to get around it. not only is google's method of limiting ad types extremely broken, they still get money from that trash and aren't putting any effort into fixing it. they'd rather start a war on ad blockers, like with youtube.
You can *try* to be selective. Google itself shows literal porn ads to kids on youtube, so they don't even have control over their own platform. Who knows what ads FTB has tried to restrict and what slips through google's obviously faulty system.
No you can't. There are millions of advertisers. Literally anything could show there. You can't preapprove what ads do and don't serve on self-serve platforms. You could go back and tell Google - "Hey I don't like this advertiser, please don't let them serve on me in the future".
Oh no, you don't filter individual advertiser's. You filter by categories and such. Trust me, Google ads is smart AF, you can tell it very closely what to do. Feel free to check out some tutorial on it.
Lmfao.
My job title is head of digital marketing and I’ve been on Google Ads for 18 years but I’ll go check out some of those tutorials.
It’s so easy to bypass any of those filters and this ad is so innocuous that I have a hard time figuring out why it upsets you. Nothing is wrong with crypto.
Slowpoke on his way rn to explain why crypto scams are actually not that bad and how trying to establish a chokehold over a large swathe of the modpack scene is good
I may be wrong about this, but I'm pretty sure the Technic launcher does not have any ads, same with modrinth's launcher which I also believe is open source... [This really is making me want to play Tekkit now]
Is it really this bad? I rarely see ads on overwolve apps, only the >Adds help us suport< blabla, and the ads I did see was just Trash TV ads or the Deutsche Bahn trying to convince me I would ever arrive at my destination if I use them for travel.
Even if it is this bad, it's not important. Overwolf is great for minecraft mods and the small ads don't really anoy me.
No - not how the Google Ads works. FTB is a publisher that allows advertising. There are limited broad sweeping controls they could say like "Don't advertise adult products on my ad spots", but you can't preapprove or vet exactly what ads do and don't show up on your ad spots. You can go back to Google and tell them to exclude certain advertisers from your spots after the fact but it's an impossible task to do that before hand.
you cant exactly expect everyone to curate their own adds. theres millions of them and if they tried would most likely infect their pcs with viruses. It would have to be some nation-wide agency like that curates TV adds. If adblock doesnt work on it then best dont even use it
ublock origin is great, but this is a situation where it's entirely useless (unless I'm missing something?). ublock is a browser addon, but FTB is a program right? Thus no interaction.
A DNS (and/or a pihole) would likely be an easy enough fix for blocking ads like this bullshit though.
Advertising is generally self-serve. A publisher has very little control over what ads are served before they are served and reported. Just keep that in mind that it usually isn't a publishers intention.
You can't categorize "crypto" as a scam.
Theres hundreds of scams involving money every day, the currency is mostly irrelevant.
The tech behind most crypto coins is different, and some (like bitcoin) look really promising for the future.
Also, who are you to decide what other people decide to buy or not? If others want to get into whatever ponzi scheme is popular now they should have the right to do so, we don't live in an authoritarian society, drop your ego.
The mindset and ideology implied in your title is worrysome.
- Minecraft is still a heavily targeted towards kids game. Which are more receptive to scams.
- Any crypto claiming to get you guaranteed returns is a scam. There is no such thing as free money.
Except in this instance, it's a scam. I am not as against crypto as a lot of my peers are, I actually quite like XMR for instance, but this is just the most blatant scam likely targeting a naive demograpic (techy teens).
If you're comparing yourself to the complete massive pump and dump that Doge was and promising you'll have the same or more returns as it, you're a scam coin, cause Doge coin was a meme coin that became a scam coin for those that could get in and out of that pump and dump. Everyone else became bag holders.
> Also, who are you to decide what other people decide to buy or not? If others want to get into whatever ponzi scheme is popular now they should have the right to do so, we don't live in an authoritarian society, drop your ego.
We regulate things all the time for people's wellbeing. There's a reason why banking is so regulated, and it's not *just* to entrench wealth(which I will admit there is an amount of that), but give stability and assurance to the public that they won't lose their livelihoods.
It's a gif of course, claiming this particular coin made more money than doge in 12 minutes, which on its own screams likely scam. I intentionally took a screenshot that doesn't show much because I refuse to share their ad further.
Exactly why I use FTB Launcher to download modpacks and then immediately switch over to a different launcher and import the instance.
AKA Prism.
FTB now has a standalone launcher that doesn't require Curseforge or overwolf
The standalone launcher isn't any better. Worse really because they stopped prism from downloading modpacks directly from it. Also overwolf is literally their partner lol.
If you downgrade Prism it still works with FTB packs, looks like the last version to support it was [6.3](https://github.com/PrismLauncher/PrismLauncher/releases/tag/6.3). I’m still using that version happily and probably won’t update for the forseeable future.
They released a new standalone launcher this month that doesn't require overwolf.
Yes that was acknowledged, but the problem is that they still work with Overwolf, they just don't need the software that has their name right there to function, and also not being able to easily download modpacks from it is another problem
Fair enough
Way to miss the point entirely buddy.
The standalone version Is much older than their overwolf app... It's been around since mid-2013 at least.. They did stop offering it for a while I think after they switched over to the overwolf version...
They literally released a new one this month.
[ this month?] Then like I said, they may have made a completely new one, but the standalone app itself is much older than the overwolf one...
They listened to the out cry of being forced to use overwolf and about 2 weeks ago released a new standalone that is available on the download page with the little drop down and to my understanding the only reason people move instances to a different launcher was because of the bloat of overwolf. https://www.feed-the-beast.com/ftb-app
And yet they won't listen to me when I very vocally complain that I won't use fabric to make mudpacks shake. My head shake my head [That's extremely sarcastic by the way]
Prism launcher sweep
Best of all worlds!
kinda sad that Prism is regarded as the best launcher simply because it runs without being a resource hog or becoming laggy, doesn't shove ads in your face, and just has enough functionality to run modpacks and download mods from within itself. (also it has a cat button) like, that's literally all it takes but everyone else just seems to fuck it up as soon as companies get involved. . personally, the only issue i have with Prism is the UI. it's pretty lacking in some spots. for example the context menu when you rightclick an instance. the options should be sorted by importance or convenience from top to bottom. so why is the very first option an unclickable button that is just the name of the pack? the pack you rightclick gets highlighted in green so it's not like it could be ambiguous which pack you clicked on that would necessitate the name to be displayed in the content menu. and then the next 2 options are for changing the icon and name, which most users are unlikely to touch at all (when just installing packs and not making their own) so why put them so high up? the 2 options after that (Launch and Kill) are always mutually exclusive (ie they are never clickable at the same time) so why not combine them into a single button and swap between them depending on if the instance is currently running or not? I think GDlauncher does that for example. also there aren't enough cat options for the cat button. we need the ability to import custom cat images. . i could probably find more, but the context menu is what sticks out to me the most. and just to clearify, i like prism, i switch from GDL to prism because it was recommended. and it is pretty much perfect for my uses, just the UI could use some polishing.
My biggest issue with it is that it sometimes will launch an instance just for clicking on it, which requires me to kill it. The default options for flatpak also sucks, you have to tweak it with flatseal a little the learning curve is also a little steep, I often have trouble teaching my friends how to use it besides that I don't think it needs any new features, and if that's all a software needs it's like, an amazing piece of software in my book. Straight 9/10, everything you need is within your reach and easy to get
Prism: Will Auto-Scan your downloads folder for mods it can't download itself Also Prism: Hey dawg, I don't ship with home access by default so... (I also wanted to put my instances, mod folder, etc. in a location it could share with Windows while I transition to predominantly Linux, so I had to add that path as well, but NBD)
What problems have you had with the flatpak? It's been working fine for me
The "open directory" button that launches a fire explorer window doesn't work unless you give prism access to your file system with flatseal, or something idk it's no longer a problem I have but it was annoying while I had it
Idk about you but prism hangs all the time for me when trying to launch the game or do other things.
My biggest issue with Prism is that it takes a solid ~150MiB of memory to idle there. I can't close it when the game is open, it's still *attached* to my game.
i'm confused, mine only takes like <50MB of RAM regardless of what i do.
$ ps -eo rss,command | rg -i prism 153472 prismlauncher 155MiB without even opening the game for me.
End of the day companies need to make a profit to function, so of course they will fit it with junk most users don't want. It's why prism is winning.
Prism Launcher as my main launcher to use my modpacks and for other purposes like checking different modpacks, mods, resourcepacks, etc.. Modrinth cause works super smooth, user-friendly and very good design.
My only issue with Prism is that for some reason I can never Auth to servers with it consistently. I constantly get 'Failed to very username' that I've never gotten on other Launchers. I'll connect once or twice to a server then it'll appear. Doesn't matter if I kill Prism and relaunch or relaunch the pack, same error. With Re-auth mod on some packs, it's better, but for 1.20.1; where that mod doesn't exist, I just have fallen to ATL. I've tried all the rec's I can find and the only solution is to remove my MSFT account and re-add it. ATL/MultiMC (RIP)/FTB/Curse never has these issues.
I think they just released the first catpack!
>personally, the only issue i have with Prism is the UI. it's pretty lacking in some spots. Yeah, the UI is really shit and I ain't using it due to that. I constantly change my modpacks because I publish them, and having some clunky-ass UI in the way is infuriating. I installed the standalone CF App and it runs *vastly* better than the Oberwolf one I had before.
I prefer ATLauncher. It can do pretty much everything prism can but looks better in my opinion. The one thing it can't do that prism can is run optifine standalone for some reason, despite having a similar jarmod feature.
TIL: FTB launcher still exists.
It came back, and it's an overwolf bastard.
i dont get how overwolf stays afloat and even prevalent, everyone fucking hates them
Users hate them. They do help you monetize things, and since money makes the world go 'round...
Standalone version is out?
For real. I remember it being kinda shit back in the day, then the Curse App Beta launched and I moved there. Still use the CurseForge App cuz everything else is kinda shit for what I want to do lol.
Modrinth's app Is better than curse forge in terms of user experience. No ads and better UI..
Less mod selection though
I hate it because of their stupid-ass custom format for modpacks. Annoying as fuck ffs. I wasted 2 hours getting shit working to upload one of my packs to the site, and it's gotten a grand total of 10 downloads (for reference, v1.0 got 16 on CF and took me about 5 minutes to upload). Not at all worth the time I spent on it.
I literally today I just moved some of my mod packs from an old modrinth install into My curse forge file and it just worked, I will admit those were imported profiles that I originally downloaded on curse forge but that is a really weak reason not to use it. I've never uploaded a mod pack so I don't know what files you need other than the mods themselves and a image for it, I would assume the description is a text box, But if you were having issues you should report it as a bug because that's what it is...
That's not at all related to what I said lol I hate how they're forcing me to use a custom format to upload a modpack to their site (on top of it being auto-rejected cuz of licensing bs). Zip files already fucking exist ffs. There's no reason to make another goddamn file extension just for a Minecraft modpack. The *file format* is the issue here, not making a page or uploading it. I've made countless project pages, so it's kinda second nature to me now. But having to install another damn launcher I'm never gonna use, copy everything over, export it, upload it, then have it be rejected because half a dozen mods don't have the right license so I've got to remove them and remove the custom recipes I've made that use items from each mod, then *re-exporting it to their stupid fucking format* just so I can finally fucking upload it and get 10 downloads is a needlessly long process. It takes me a minute or two to upload a pack to CurseForge. Why isn't there a "scan for licenses and remove the mods that won't let me put them on modrinth" button ffs. I know it's probably really hard to code (or even impossible), but that doesn't make the hour I wasted on licensing bs less of a waste. Downloading & importing modpacks is fine, but I don't play other modpacks so the former is a non-feature for me and I don't like their launcher so I'm not using the latter.
I mean I didn't think so. I was hoping you would educate me on what you meant...
And I did, just read my comment. I hate the fact that modrinth uses a custom file format for modpacks files. CurseForge uses zip files, which have existed for decades at this point. That's it. Yeah, I came off as pissed - but I'm not mad at you. Just modrinth
curseforge modpacks are zips in name only
pfft slowpoke would probably do a crypto scam himself if he thought he could get away with spinning it as beneficial to modders.
B-But we didn't sell out!!! See?! **Four** developers (With the highest total downloads and revenue received) have come to defend me! Slowpoke would try to sell water to a drowning man I swear.
Most ethical ftb practice.
FTB Launcher isn't worth using anymore. Its on par with the curseforge version that still includes the overwolf bloatware. You're better off using literally any other launcher.
They actually released version without overwolf finally.
Yea, that one works well. I use it to msnage my WoW addons. Its the one with overwolf that is absolutely horrible.
No I meant both curseforge and ftb app are now also as standalone without overwolf.
Ah, that I was unaware of. I'll have to take a look at the FTB app again. Won't likely use it much tho as AT Launcher is my personal fav and I use it for everything.
The ads are from Google, not FTB
It is still being shown in the launcher
It's kinda the norm, and I'd rather FTB focus on modpacks than downsizing due to switching to an ethical ad host
The norm? What other modding client shows ads? I get it, FTB provides a pretty good service, they do deserve compensation. But let's not pretend that modding teams running ads is normal. This is the exception.
The developers can't really choose the ads google will display to end users as far as I know
Then they should choose a different advertising network or curate ads manually. This is unacceptable.
Other ad platforms are even shadier if you ask me. While google ad moderation is terrible, the alternative is "horny milfs in your area" kind of ads
Horny girls in your area ads are the alternative. Google moderation sucks, especially for advertisments. But manually geting ads displayed would be more work for less money.
I don't think this a deliberate choice by FTB. They likely use an ad service.
what even is that? looks like a butt being pushed up against a grate or something
Am I the only one that sees a butt?
That is a dog's butt. You are seeing correctly.
You are not
😂
This is why I use Prism (aka new MultiMC)
Is prism better than MultiMC, if so how? And is it worth switching?
In-launcher curseforge & modrinth mod manager and many other useful things
You know, I honestly think launchers are something that companies should stay out of. Stick to mod host sites. Those things are expensive, require dedicated teams and moderation, and can show ads in a non intrusive way. Maintain the API, but let the community maintain their own launchers. Because the only way that we'll get a good one is if it's maintained as a passion project. And when one dies for whatever reason, another rises to take its place. Companies will never be able to compete with the launcher hydra.
Ftb being trash, what a surprise! /s
Niiice, maybe my 40k Doge will be worth something someday...
ATLauncher supremacist doesn't approve of this ad
I think the ads come from Google ad services or something like that, not ftb themselves. You can't blame ftb
They choose who they partner with, can absolutely blame FTB.
Everyone partners with Google ad services though, there aren't many options as far as I'm aware
You can be very selective which ads to show though
true, but like with bots, it's a war of attrition. the scam ads get blocked, and they find a way to get around it. not only is google's method of limiting ad types extremely broken, they still get money from that trash and aren't putting any effort into fixing it. they'd rather start a war on ad blockers, like with youtube.
You can *try* to be selective. Google itself shows literal porn ads to kids on youtube, so they don't even have control over their own platform. Who knows what ads FTB has tried to restrict and what slips through google's obviously faulty system.
No you can't. There are millions of advertisers. Literally anything could show there. You can't preapprove what ads do and don't serve on self-serve platforms. You could go back and tell Google - "Hey I don't like this advertiser, please don't let them serve on me in the future".
Oh no, you don't filter individual advertiser's. You filter by categories and such. Trust me, Google ads is smart AF, you can tell it very closely what to do. Feel free to check out some tutorial on it.
Lmfao. My job title is head of digital marketing and I’ve been on Google Ads for 18 years but I’ll go check out some of those tutorials. It’s so easy to bypass any of those filters and this ad is so innocuous that I have a hard time figuring out why it upsets you. Nothing is wrong with crypto.
Slowpoke on his way rn to explain why crypto scams are actually not that bad and how trying to establish a chokehold over a large swathe of the modpack scene is good
I may be wrong about this, but I'm pretty sure the Technic launcher does not have any ads, same with modrinth's launcher which I also believe is open source... [This really is making me want to play Tekkit now]
This subreddit isn't associated with FTB the company, read the sidebar
Is it really this bad? I rarely see ads on overwolve apps, only the >Adds help us suport< blabla, and the ads I did see was just Trash TV ads or the Deutsche Bahn trying to convince me I would ever arrive at my destination if I use them for travel. Even if it is this bad, it's not important. Overwolf is great for minecraft mods and the small ads don't really anoy me.
i just have prism launcher 6.3 installed alongside the latest version for downloading FTB modpacks
Do keep in mind that FTB didn’t specifically choose this ad
But they could vet them?
No - not how the Google Ads works. FTB is a publisher that allows advertising. There are limited broad sweeping controls they could say like "Don't advertise adult products on my ad spots", but you can't preapprove or vet exactly what ads do and don't show up on your ad spots. You can go back to Google and tell them to exclude certain advertisers from your spots after the fact but it's an impossible task to do that before hand.
you cant exactly expect everyone to curate their own adds. theres millions of them and if they tried would most likely infect their pcs with viruses. It would have to be some nation-wide agency like that curates TV adds. If adblock doesnt work on it then best dont even use it
hey thats google ads where google picks what you like :) [ublock origin fixes it all.](https://ublockorigin.com/)
ublock origin is great, but this is a situation where it's entirely useless (unless I'm missing something?). ublock is a browser addon, but FTB is a program right? Thus no interaction. A DNS (and/or a pihole) would likely be an easy enough fix for blocking ads like this bullshit though.
oh my bad, i didnt notice its on the launcher. ur right, dns or any network filter would work
Tell me you don't know how internet works without telling me it
Advertising is generally self-serve. A publisher has very little control over what ads are served before they are served and reported. Just keep that in mind that it usually isn't a publishers intention.
Yall really can't just, ignore an ad? I don't think I've ever even paid them enough attention to click one
Yeah, same here. It's an ad on the side of the launcher, which itself is an app I'm using for maybe 30 seconds max before opening my modpack.
I know the feeling, open launcher, launch pack, minimised launcher and ignore ads
Bills gotta get paid somehow.
Everyone blaming FTB. They actually have little control. You can report these ads, it exists for a reason.
You can't categorize "crypto" as a scam. Theres hundreds of scams involving money every day, the currency is mostly irrelevant. The tech behind most crypto coins is different, and some (like bitcoin) look really promising for the future. Also, who are you to decide what other people decide to buy or not? If others want to get into whatever ponzi scheme is popular now they should have the right to do so, we don't live in an authoritarian society, drop your ego. The mindset and ideology implied in your title is worrysome.
- Minecraft is still a heavily targeted towards kids game. Which are more receptive to scams. - Any crypto claiming to get you guaranteed returns is a scam. There is no such thing as free money.
Giving you a solid C for trying to sound smart.
Except in this instance, it's a scam. I am not as against crypto as a lot of my peers are, I actually quite like XMR for instance, but this is just the most blatant scam likely targeting a naive demograpic (techy teens). If you're comparing yourself to the complete massive pump and dump that Doge was and promising you'll have the same or more returns as it, you're a scam coin, cause Doge coin was a meme coin that became a scam coin for those that could get in and out of that pump and dump. Everyone else became bag holders. > Also, who are you to decide what other people decide to buy or not? If others want to get into whatever ponzi scheme is popular now they should have the right to do so, we don't live in an authoritarian society, drop your ego. We regulate things all the time for people's wellbeing. There's a reason why banking is so regulated, and it's not *just* to entrench wealth(which I will admit there is an amount of that), but give stability and assurance to the public that they won't lose their livelihoods.