link to client alternative pages

[MicrocontrollersDev]

Reintroduces my alternative pages that were initially part of #211, but were removed after the comment "I'd suggest removing the links all together. What if the original author removes the site?" I have no plans on taking down my site or stop updating the lists in general.

Rationale

There was a pretty heated argument about this topic earlier today in the general channel. Wyvest brought up that when people use the !!clients command, or when they decide to answer people themselves regarding client support, the answer given is usually vague and doesn't help the user. These are usually along the lines of "just use fabric/prism" or "just use a modpack". Comments like these tend to be unhelpful to users who may genuinely be looking to make the switch. Many download Prism, maybe don't even download a modpack, and get frustrated when they see that none of the features that they expect are present, and simply go back to using the client they were on.

There were a few arguments that users should learn to find and download mods themselves, which I disagree heavily with. Fabric should not have a barrier of entry of reading the entire mod list of Modrinth just to get started with the experience they've come to expect. If this is the general stance on modding, we'd probably still be deleting META-INF and downloading mod jars from YouTube video descriptions 😅 We shouldn't artificially be making Fabric harder to get in to.

The mod list is a set of recommendations that closely mimic those of clients. Several client features have multiple mods listed for viable alternatives. The goal is not to handhold the user, but simply give the starting set of potential mods and leaving the installation process to them.

I'm open to any discussion about my pages and what may need to be changed.

[dicedpixels]

I'm a bit late to this review but I'll mention why I would not have supported this.

The site shows up with some unrelated banner:

On the page https://alternatives.microcontrollers.dev/latest/lunar/, it recommends another client, the same thing we're asking not to do:

And the last line in the above image is... something.

[modmuss50]

Fair enough, I should have looked more closly I will revert it.

[MicrocontrollersDev]

The site shows up with some unrelated banner:

I figured that as an open modding community, it'd be nice to spread awareness about a massive change in the openness of a platform many of us use. if it's genuinely that big of an issue, I can remove it

it recommends another client

It's just a modpack (that is also currently in review on modrinth) with its own launcher that attempts to mimic the experience you would get while using a client. It's not an actual client

[Qendolin]

I'd like to see this content being hosted on a community controller website (docs or wiki). Using a 3rd party website has a few risks:

• links can go stale
• high trust required
• no direct community involvement

I appreciate the page by Microcontrollers, but for a commonly used !!tag I don't think it's the right choice.