It's Always Been About the Money
For a lot of Sims creators, it's always been about the money. They could be making six figures a year from their retread cc, and they would always find a way to squeeze more out of the members of this community.
I don't entirely blame them, though, because the Sims community is largely spineless and won't take a stand. The last time we had a kerfuffle about paid cc, people vowed to boycott creators who lock their cc behind the doors forever, and act entitled to EA's IP. That boycott never happened because I still see certain creators being quite popular on here with their forever-locked cc. So if you want to allow them to crawl into your pockets and milk you dry, why wouldn't they?
There is enough blame to share for everyone in this debacle.
