inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoNexus Mods' new owners promise they won't monetise the site to death as users panic at the whiff of venture capitalwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square122fedilinkarrow-up1486arrow-down14
arrow-up1482arrow-down1external-linkNexus Mods' new owners promise they won't monetise the site to death as users panic at the whiff of venture capitalwww.pcgamer.cominclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square122fedilink
minus-squareForester@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37arrow-down7·edit-22 days agoNews flash running the servers isn’t free. Yes they are tracking us. That’s how they pay to keep the servers running. If your not paying you are the product.
minus-squaremalwieder@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 days agoIf you’re paying they’re also tracking you.
minus-squareLucy :3@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-22 days agoBut somehow eg. rdr2mods.com is free, and without account. Oh wonder.
minus-squarepsychadlligoat@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 days agoMods for one game vs basically every game I could probably host the entirety of the mods on that site on my homelab, Nexus is exponentially larger and more complex
minus-squareLucy :3@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days ago Mods for one game vs basically every game As it should be. Or are we pretending that centralization is suddenly good now?
minus-squareJigglySackles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 days agoIt has always had its perks.
minus-squareLucy :3@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoYou mean cash for shareholders/owners? And a hassle to move to the next platform once it destroys itself?
minus-squareJigglySackles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoDo you consider those perks? I certainly don’t.
minus-squareForester@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoCool hope they do a decent job moderating the servers they run and limiting malware exposure. I also hope they’ve taken steps to prevent themselves being used as a host for malicious entities to distribute malware to third parties
News flash running the servers isn’t free.
Yes they are tracking us. That’s how they pay to keep the servers running.
If your not paying you are the product.
Yes I know.
If you’re paying they’re also tracking you.
But somehow eg. rdr2mods.com is free, and without account. Oh wonder.
Ah, like the sites of the 90s.
Mods for one game vs basically every game
I could probably host the entirety of the mods on that site on my homelab, Nexus is exponentially larger and more complex
As it should be. Or are we pretending that centralization is suddenly good now?
It has always had its perks.
You mean cash for shareholders/owners? And a hassle to move to the next platform once it destroys itself?
Do you consider those perks? I certainly don’t.
Cool hope they do a decent job moderating the servers they run and limiting malware exposure. I also hope they’ve taken steps to prevent themselves being used as a host for malicious entities to distribute malware to third parties