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[–] 61 points 2 months ago (5 children)

The company that now owns SteamDB has this bolded on their front page:

We acquire. We amplify. We conquer.

It can't really get more dystopian than that.

NexusMods themselves went to absolute shit, requiring an account for stuff like downloading mods, and getting a premium subscription for basic features like "Instant downloads", "Viewing more mods per page", and "The ability to choose a preferred download server".

SteamDB used to provide a completely free (in price) service, with no strings attached. This was by far the most common usecase of the service. Seeing the history of NexusMods and the company that owns it, this will change. The moment SteamDB requires an account for previously public info, or even a premium subscription, is the moment the service becomes unusable for most. Effectively, SteamDB is marked for death.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    NexusMods themselves went to absolute shit, requiring an account for stuff like downloading mods, and getting a premium subscription for basic features like “Instant downloads”, “Viewing more mods per page”, and “The ability to choose a preferred download server”.

    I don’t remember a time when this wasn’t the case. Download servers are expensive.

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  • [+] -7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    None of those things were changed after the acquisition lmfao. If it “went to absolute shit” the moment you discovered NexusMods, the problem was you

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  • [–] 24 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Not sure why they're being upvoted but you're right. I've been using nexus since the skyrim days and it's always had tiered downloads, account requirement and limited mods/page. Just about the only changes I've seen are the "refreshed" layout and the abundance of ads (which I have admittedly used an adblock for)

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