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Switching from PolyMC to Prism Launcher
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Switching from PolyMC to PrismLauncher

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PolyMC recently (17/10/2022) went up in flames. The lead maintainer, LennyMCLennington started being transphobic, removed maintainers from the GitHub org/repo and the Discord.

GamingOnLinux on Twitter image

The commit that started this entire thing: https://github.com/PolyMC/PolyMC/commit/ccf282593dcdbe189c99b81b8bc90cb203aed3ee

UPDATE (18/10/2022): Further theories on what is going on with PolyMC: Imgur

Use the PrismLauncher Meta server with PolyMC

In PolyMC settings, go to API page and paste this link under Metadata Server: https://meta.prismlauncher.org/v1/

PolyMC API services settings screenshot

And also change your Microsoft API key to: c36a9fb6-4f2a-41ff-90bd-ae7cc92031eb

PolyMC API keys settings screenshot

This will make auto updating of PolyMC meta files use PrismLauncher's files, so your computer can't be compromised by possible malware added to PolyMC's meta server after the takeover.

PrismLauncher

Launcher

https://github.com/PlaceholderMC/PrismLauncher

Download the latest release

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