Capitalism created this expectation. That’s how corpos operate. Capture the market then bleed it.
Comment on Nexus Mods Sale Sparks Concern in Modding Community
absquatulate@lemmy.world 9 months agoNarrator: 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.
Croquette@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 9 months ago
How them boots taste?
Supervisor194@lemmy.world 9 months ago
The problem is not capitalism […] it’s really us expecting shit to be free
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 9 months ago
The problem is capitalism, plain and simple.
MouldyCat@feddit.uk 9 months ago
How would this specific problem be better under another system?
Zoot@reddthat.com 9 months 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.
MouldyCat@feddit.uk 9 months ago
Great. Yes. Under some kind of egalitarian free-energy tech utopia such as you’re describing, websites like Nexus mods would be even better. Sadly there are no such systems already operating for us to move to, and we do not yet have the technology to try creating a new one.
So any other political systems that are more real-world?
Xenny@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Dude I’ve been premium for years. First sign of betrayal that will change though