Comment on Nexus Mods' new owners promise they won't monetise the site to death as users panic at the whiff of venture capital

• cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It’s still an extra barrier. There’s zero point other than tracking what people do.

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  • Forester@pawb.social ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    News flash running to servers isn’t free.

    Yes they are tracking us. That’s how they pay to keep the servers running.

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    • malwieder@feddit.org ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      If you’re paying they’re also tracking you.

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    • 30p87@feddit.org ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      But somehow eg. rdr2mods.com is free, and without accoung. Oh wonder.

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      • psychadlligoat@piefed.social ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        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

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      • Forester@pawb.social ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        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

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  • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It also tracks what you’ve downloaded to provide update notifications and encourage you to participate in the mod quality ratings system.

    It’s not 100% without reason beyond tracking users.

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    • catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      And to limit scrapers.

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