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

• Forester@pawb.social ⁨15⁩ ⁨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 ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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  • 30p87@feddit.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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    • psychadlligoat@piefed.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨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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      • 30p87@feddit.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Mods for one game vs basically every game

        As it should be. Or are we pretending that centralization is suddenly good now?

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    • Forester@pawb.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨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 ⁨15⁩ ⁨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 ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    And to limit scrapers.

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