inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agoNexus Mods acquires the popular community site SteamDBwww.gamingonlinux.comexternal-linkmessage-square62linkfedilinkarrow-up1275
arrow-up1275external-linkNexus Mods acquires the popular community site SteamDBwww.gamingonlinux.cominclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square62linkfedilink
minus-squareMurrayL@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up207·1 month agoIf NexusMods is anything to go by, SteamDB will soon require an account to use, with strict limits unless you pay for premium access.
minus-squareHubi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up65·1 month agoAnd then proceed to leak your username, e-mail and password.
minus-squareDoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·1 month agoPlus 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
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-21 month agoSeems 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?
minus-squareルルㇲ@retrofed.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agocrowdfunding ≢ private throttling
minus-squareinclementimmigrant@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoYes. I personally would rather see a project shutdown rather than see the zombie, enshitified version live forever.
If NexusMods is anything to go by, SteamDB will soon require an account to use, with strict limits unless you pay for premium access.
And then proceed to leak your username, e-mail and password.
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
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?
crowdfunding ≢ private throttling
Yes. I personally would rather see a project shutdown rather than see the zombie, enshitified version live forever.