However, in a new message posted on their YouTube channel, Bloc says Take-Two has taken down the mod from the Nexus Mods website, and has also had the YouTube video removed. Bloc then chose to remove the mod from the GTA5Mods website to avoid any more issues.
“Yesterday, Take-Two Interactive hit my channel with copyright strike about my video on GTA V mod and YouTube removed the video immediately without giving any chance to explain myself,” they claim.
“The reason for this takedown shown by Take-Two Interactive to YouTube was because I used their software (GTA V) in the video. No one from Take-Two Interactive contacted and asked me anything prior to this, they just took down the video out of nowhere. Two days ago, my account on Netlify was also suspended. I used Netlify to host the installation guide for the mod.
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In an attack on Rockstar, Block concluded: “I am hoping that anyone who enjoyed this mod will remember this dishonest action taken by Take-Two whenever they hear any news about Rockstar. Rather than chasing small mods, perhaps they should focus on creating proper remakes with better pricing policy or should stop removing cars from GTA Online to sell those same cars to people.
I don’t even understand this mindset in general. Mods have helped to make games reach legendary status. Just look at Bethesda RPGs. The modding community is pretty much why I buy those games. If I were forced to play vanilla it would be a very hard sell for me, because I don’t think the vanilla experiences are even all that great. Imagine how flipping awesome GTA could be if they’d just give the modding community free reign to do what they want to do. Imagine they even actively support them with developer tools. GTA 5 / Online was such a terrible experience that I don’t even really care for the next one at this point, and shit like this makes me even consider to put that entire company onto my boycott list (currently housing EA & Ubisoft).