Some mod authors will lose out on extra money they bring in through Patreon or Paypal donations as well as modpacks will not display this information to their users. When the authors of mods become faceless unknowns, the community is then more able to treat mods themselves as worthless commodities that should always be available for free and without restrictions. Modpacks promote the marginalization of mod authors by allowing people to skip over who made the content and thus who to give praise to, etc. This will lead to problems they won't know how to solve and ultimately only causes more frustration. None of this information is delivered at all to a user installing all of their mods using a modpack. There may be modular setups available to make the mod work in different ways depending on what the author provides and/or the users wanted. Mod pages may have special compatibility information about using them with other mods. There may be some special instructions needed to make the mod work properly that have to be done after it's been installed. There could be some quirky known issues that might come up. Part of being able to properly set up a load order involves the need to view a mod's description page and its other documentation. Mod are about more than just downloading files and running off to play. The blind downloading of mods in a modpack makes that very unlikely, and in some cases it's not possible at all because the modpack doesn't tell anyone who made the stuff that's in in. None of which would be possible if people are never directed to where the authors choose to foster this kind of community engagement.
There are even examples of where the users and mod authors of certain things have gotten together for real world meet ups.
Communities can form around certain mods, the author and their users may generate a rapport with each other and come to build friendships outside of the mod itself. One of the biggest reasons many authors release their mods to the public is the engagement they get with their users.
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