MurrayL comments on Nexus Mods acquires the popular community site SteamDB

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[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 199 points 2 months ago* (4 children)

If NexusMods is anything to go by, SteamDB will soon require an account to use, with strict limits unless you pay for premium access.

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 2 months ago*

Plus they're going to allow developers to hide whenever they make changes so we can track minor changes anymore

Fuck they're going to break/API Paywall IsThereAnyDeal aren't they

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[+] frongt@lemmy.zip -43 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Seems reasonable. Most people make a few requests, and heavy users can pay for the operational costs.

Edit: that's a lot of downvotes. People would prefer for it to just go offline entirely?

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[–] arules@retrofed.com 9 points 2 months ago

crowdfunding ≢ private throttling

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[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world [S] 4 points 2 months ago

Yes. I personally would rather see a project shutdown rather than see the zombie, enshitified version live forever.

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