inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoNexus Mods' new owners promise they won't monetise the site to death as users panic at the whiff of venture capitalwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1435arrow-down14
arrow-up1431arrow-down1external-linkNexus Mods' new owners promise they won't monetise the site to death as users panic at the whiff of venture capitalwww.pcgamer.cominclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square79fedilink
minus-squareDr. Moose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down3·1 month agoAs a software engineer i always found nexus simply archaic. Hot take but the molding industry might be better off with a new mod index.
minus-squareBlaiz0r@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoIt should all be open source. First thing is mods should just exist on free hosting providers for source code like GitHub/Lab etc. Then an optional mod manager software that can import mods from these sources. Non of this really needs a centralised community, these places already exist thanks to other better suited services like social media
As a software engineer i always found nexus simply archaic. Hot take but the molding industry might be better off with a new mod index.
It should all be open source.
First thing is mods should just exist on free hosting providers for source code like GitHub/Lab etc.
Then an optional mod manager software that can import mods from these sources.
Non of this really needs a centralised community, these places already exist thanks to other better suited services like social media