Obfuscator Service Discontinuation on November 30, 2024

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Hello everyone.

We’re reaching out today with an important update about our Lua obfuscator service. After much consideration and internal discussions with our team and developers, we’ve made the difficult decision to discontinue the Parcel Obfuscator as of November 30, 2024, at 9:00 PM CET.

We understand this may come as a disappointment to some of you. We want to be completely transparent about why we’ve made this decision and how it aligns with our mission to provide sustainable, high-quality services for our community.

Why are we discontinuing the Obfuscator?

  • Substantial Resource Demands: Maintaining the obfuscator requires significant server resources, which directly impact our operational costs. This isn’t sustainable, especially as Parcel Pro is a one-time purchase (priced at $7.99 or 799 Robux), meaning there’s no recurring revenue to offset these ongoing expenses.
  • Development and Support Costs: Keeping the obfuscator up-to-date demands frequent updates and bug fixes, which require constant attention from our developers. Additionally, obfuscator-related support tickets can only be handled by our dev team, who are already balancing college, personal commitments, and other critical projects for Parcel.
  • Focus on Core Services: Parcel is primarily a marketplace that empowers users to buy and sell virtual assets. By reallocating the resources used for the obfuscator, we’ll be able to enhance the features you love and introduce new tools that align more closely with our core vision.

Are there alternatives to Parcel Obfuscator?

While we are discontinuing the obfuscator, we’ve got you covered with a highly recommended alternative: Luraph. Luraph offers advanced obfuscation tools and features that many of our users have found reliable and effective. We encourage you to explore their services as a replacement.

Thank you for your understanding and continued support as we work to make Parcel the best it can be.

Sincerely,
Josh

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Hello. On behalf of around 10 groups who regularly used the Parcel obfuscation tool. Would you be able to open source it so we can fork it?

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so, an exit scam? server costs certainly isn’t an issue as even the oracle cloud free tier would be MORE than enough to run obfuscation.

This was the only thing that made parcel unique :rofl:

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A whole lot more than 10 - also whats the point of an obfuscator if its open source?

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Good evening @sibyrd,

I would like to clarify that this is not an exit scam. Our core services remain available, and we are fully committed to providing them. Additionally, as outlined in our Terms of Service, we reserve the right to discontinue any service at our discretion, without the obligation to issue refunds.

In this forum post, we provided clear reasons for discontinuing this particular service. At the scale it has reached, maintaining the obfuscator consumes significantly more resources than when it was used by just a few people. It’s also important to note that Parcel Pro operates under a one-time license model, which, at the extremely low price of $7.99, simply does not cover the ongoing operational costs associated with the service.

And to address @lollo5123’s question about open source, you can find more information here: https://github.com/Trollicus/ironbrew-2

Kind regards,
Josh

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That’s still an exit scam :rofl: you can do it because it’s in your TOS but nevertheless it’s an exit scam. Glad I never bought into this as I know most people bought pro just for the obfuscator :rofl: