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

DaedalousIlios@pawb.social ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Jesus fucking Christ, they didn’t sell out to a fucking company! He transferred ownership to two long-time users of the site! There wasn’t even a deal struck, he just said “you’re the owners now!”

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lime@feddit.nu ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
how do we know no money was involved? both the new owners apparently work at the same company, which was recently created and is a subsidiary of a vc firm.

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- DaedalousIlios@pawb.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  How do we know there was? How, exactly is one to prove that a transaction didn’t take place? Sure, he, the former owner, could say there wasn’t, but that doesn’t mean anymore or less than what he already has, which is that he believes the new owners share his vision for the site! And at least he picked two people who, to my understanding, have been around Nexus for awhile!
  
  I’m not saying it’s impossible that Nexus enshittifies, and I understand that it’s been a trend lately, but this, as of this moment right now, feels like senseless panic that ought to be saved for when they actually do something wrong! I’ll join the hate wagon when they start brutally monatizing the site or taking IPOs.
  
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