Comment on Nexus Mods Sale Sparks Concern in Modding Community
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 1 month agoHe does deserve that, but I wish the single biggest modding hub on the internet and a load bearing pillar of an entire gaming culture wasn’t sold off to an unnamed party with no transparency and only vague reassurances that “nothing will change”.
What with the late stage capitalist society we’re living in, I’ve been conditioned to think that good things being sold off rarely amounts to good things.
Let’s hope this is one of the few exceptions.
absquatulate@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Narrator: It wasn’t.
At the very least the entity that bought it will not rely on donations and revenue from upgraded downoad speeds, so it will definitely enshittify to some degree.
The problem is not capitalism, it’s really us expecting shit to be free and rewarding good development and maintenance effort with thoughts and prayers.
Supervisor194@lemmy.world 1 month ago
No, “we” are not the problem. “We” donated and participated (by making mods) and “we” are responsible for giving the site what value it had. If it had no value, then it couldn’t have been sold.
Quit trying to blame the users for fuck’s sake.
msage@programming.dev 1 month ago
The problem is capitalism, plain and simple.
MouldyCat@feddit.uk 1 month ago
How would this specific problem be better under another system?
Zoot@reddthat.com 1 month ago
In a system where money is not a thing it would just be a creative passion project and run endlessly until it was no longer needed.
Croquette@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Capitalism created this expectation. That’s how corpos operate. Capture the market then bleed it.
FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 1 month ago
How them boots taste?
Xenny@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Dude I’ve been premium for years. First sign of betrayal that will change though