There’s something very wrong about a community run project that is bought by a company for profit. SteamDB would be nothing with contributions from us.
Nexus Mods acquires the popular community site SteamDB
Submitted 19 hours ago by GamingBot@lemmy.zip [bot] to gaming@lemmy.zip
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/nexus-mods-acquires-the-popular-community-site-steamdb/
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scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 16 hours ago shani66@ani.social 18 hours ago
Well that sucks
Feidry@sh.itjust.works 19 hours ago
Welp, so much for SteamDB being useful and free.
Pixel_Jock_17@piefed.ca 15 hours ago
I had just found this website about 6months ago too and was getting really into it. Trying to get back to my old self a bit…
hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world 19 hours ago I never heard someone else say this but man I have a very strong dislike for nexus mods. Their website has gotten so predatory.
Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 hours ago
I’m gonna stick out like a sore thumb and say I haven’t noticed much. I also run adblocking stuff, so that may be why.
NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 17 hours ago
Makes sense since they themselves recently got acquired by that company that focuses on “extracting money from startups”. They’re entering full enshittification mode at top speed
cristian64@reddthat.com 16 hours ago
What’s the fork now?