If anyone else just wanted this article to get to the fucking point already, here is the original nexus post:
https://forums.nexusmods.com/topic/13501488-publisher-approved-paid-modding-policy/
this post was submitted on 01 Nov 2024
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This is actually amazing, I don't understand what the other comments on this Lemmy post are about/if they even read this post on Nexus.
To summarize:
- no incomplete free versions of paid mods
- no patches for paid mods on a site for free mods
- no modpacks that require paid mods
- only limited advertising of paid mods
This is extremely levelheaded. I think other's might just read this headline and think they are introducing paid mods, but they don't!
I miss the days of never even thinking of paying for a mod, when making a mod was simply for fun so you could share with others.
Sad sad world we live in now a days where even being asked to mod for free is seen as wrong, because any time not spent on a paying job means you very well could be going hungry.
Capitalism, yey!
Paid mods is ok as long as 100% goes to the modder
You also need to verify that the modder isn't stealing another modder's work, which can be challenging.
Sure, but solvable