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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 8942199" data-attributes="member: 6801845">I just think bureaucratic f-up is more likely than anything.&nbsp; Yes, they wanted to shut down OGL 1.0. You have to ask why.To me, the most plausible reason is to protect their brand identity as they try to expand into movies, streams and the all important toy market. They want a family friendly face so they can expand profits outside of the TTRPG niche.The &quot;competition&quot; from smaller 3PP likely doesn't even register on a projection spreadsheet. A Disney coming along and creating their own version (along with the related swag) was probably also part of it.The impression of wanting to shut down all 3PP (again, why?) is most easily explained by ignorance and incompetence. There's no evidence that it was a goal.Just because they don't &quot;confess&quot; to some internet conspiracy theories isn't &quot;proof&quot; that they are lying.&nbsp; It's more likely a bureaucratic self inflicted wound because very few companies open up their core products like the OGL did and they didn't understand it.That's all.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 8942199, member: 6801845"] I just think bureaucratic f-up is more likely than anything. Yes, they wanted to shut down OGL 1.0. You have to ask why. To me, the most plausible reason is to protect their brand identity as they try to expand into movies, streams and the all important toy market. They want a family friendly face so they can expand profits outside of the TTRPG niche. The "competition" from smaller 3PP likely doesn't even register on a projection spreadsheet. A Disney coming along and creating their own version (along with the related swag) was probably also part of it. The impression of wanting to shut down all 3PP (again, why?) is most easily explained by ignorance and incompetence. There's no evidence that it was a goal. Just because they don't "confess" to some internet conspiracy theories isn't "proof" that they are lying. It's more likely a bureaucratic self inflicted wound because very few companies open up their core products like the OGL did and they didn't understand it. That's all. [/QUOTE]

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