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<blockquote data-quote="UngainlyTitan" data-source="post: 9211020" data-attributes="member: 28487">You see, I think the problem was in believing that the OGL debacle was a result of some dastardly joined up plan, instead of something like a clash of cultures. I can just as easily believe that it came about because some executive that never operated in an open source environment (or did not believe in such) came to D&amp;D and could not comprehend that a corporation would manage its ip in that fashion and set about changing that. That kind of cultural ignorance can be and is often hugely destructive. But the idea that there was a dastardly plan to eliminate the third party market never flew with me. Is the third-party market even big enough for WoTC to care?That said, [USER=54840]@SlyFlourish[/USER] is correct, there are dangers in what is happening. D&amp;DBeyond and the play ecosystem it creates could become so cosy that people would not want to go elsewhere. Become a captive market and then the temptation to milk that audience could become real.I am not worried about D&amp;D beyond becoming a toxic hell of microtransaction in the near future.On the other hand, in the more distant future, if it became unmoored from the rest of the ttrpg hobby, that could be another story.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="UngainlyTitan, post: 9211020, member: 28487"] You see, I think the problem was in believing that the OGL debacle was a result of some dastardly joined up plan, instead of something like a clash of cultures. I can just as easily believe that it came about because some executive that never operated in an open source environment (or did not believe in such) came to D&D and could not comprehend that a corporation would manage its ip in that fashion and set about changing that. That kind of cultural ignorance can be and is often hugely destructive. But the idea that there was a dastardly plan to eliminate the third party market never flew with me. Is the third-party market even big enough for WoTC to care? That said, [USER=54840]@SlyFlourish[/USER] is correct, there are dangers in what is happening. D&DBeyond and the play ecosystem it creates could become so cosy that people would not want to go elsewhere. Become a captive market and then the temptation to milk that audience could become real. I am not worried about D&D beyond becoming a toxic hell of microtransaction in the near future. On the other hand, in the more distant future, if it became unmoored from the rest of the ttrpg hobby, that could be another story. [/QUOTE]

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