▲ 270 ▼ Nexus Mods acquires the popular community site SteamDB (www.gamingonlinux.com) submitted 2 weeks ago by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca 62 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 137 points 2 weeks ago (6 children) Cuz consolidation is always good for us the consumers/users! permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [+] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works -24 points 2 weeks ago (5 children) If the choice is between consolidation and the current owner simply abandoning it, I'll take the lesser of two evils. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world [S] 77 points 2 weeks ago (3 children) I don't know man. We've seen how bad enshitification takes hold once a big corporation takes over. Honestly, in a lot of cases, I would rather have them fade and get forked vs relying on the enshitificated version to amble along, like git hub, source forge, all of the game development studios in the past decade. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works -4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children) This site being bought does nothing to prevent another from being started. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FishFace@piefed.social 37 points 2 weeks ago In practice it does. There's a big, entrenched competitor out there already, so that puts a damper on any motivation. If the site just closed down, that wouldn't be the case. Even if SteamDB is gradually enshittified, there will still be that competitor that does a "good enough" job for a lot of people, meaning the bar for a new player to come along is higher. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dgdft@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago Why would network externalities not apply here? They’re a very common and well demonstrated pattern that plays out with this sort of site; e.g. it’s taken almost a decade for many gaming wikis to get off fandom after they were locked in. There’s a finite pool of user attention and contribution that these projects can pull from, and splitting that pool worsens the commons. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Grimy@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago There's also selling it to another party that isn't a vampiric parasite as an option. I doubt they were the only potential buyer. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works -24 points 2 weeks ago (5 children) If the choice is between consolidation and the current owner simply abandoning it, I'll take the lesser of two evils. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world [S] 77 points 2 weeks ago (3 children) I don't know man. We've seen how bad enshitification takes hold once a big corporation takes over. Honestly, in a lot of cases, I would rather have them fade and get forked vs relying on the enshitificated version to amble along, like git hub, source forge, all of the game development studios in the past decade. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works -4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children) This site being bought does nothing to prevent another from being started. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FishFace@piefed.social 37 points 2 weeks ago In practice it does. There's a big, entrenched competitor out there already, so that puts a damper on any motivation. If the site just closed down, that wouldn't be the case. Even if SteamDB is gradually enshittified, there will still be that competitor that does a "good enough" job for a lot of people, meaning the bar for a new player to come along is higher. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dgdft@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago Why would network externalities not apply here? They’re a very common and well demonstrated pattern that plays out with this sort of site; e.g. it’s taken almost a decade for many gaming wikis to get off fandom after they were locked in. There’s a finite pool of user attention and contribution that these projects can pull from, and splitting that pool worsens the commons. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Grimy@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago There's also selling it to another party that isn't a vampiric parasite as an option. I doubt they were the only potential buyer. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world [S] 77 points 2 weeks ago (3 children) I don't know man. We've seen how bad enshitification takes hold once a big corporation takes over. Honestly, in a lot of cases, I would rather have them fade and get forked vs relying on the enshitificated version to amble along, like git hub, source forge, all of the game development studios in the past decade. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works -4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children) This site being bought does nothing to prevent another from being started. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FishFace@piefed.social 37 points 2 weeks ago In practice it does. There's a big, entrenched competitor out there already, so that puts a damper on any motivation. If the site just closed down, that wouldn't be the case. Even if SteamDB is gradually enshittified, there will still be that competitor that does a "good enough" job for a lot of people, meaning the bar for a new player to come along is higher. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dgdft@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago Why would network externalities not apply here? They’re a very common and well demonstrated pattern that plays out with this sort of site; e.g. it’s taken almost a decade for many gaming wikis to get off fandom after they were locked in. There’s a finite pool of user attention and contribution that these projects can pull from, and splitting that pool worsens the commons. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works -4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children) This site being bought does nothing to prevent another from being started. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FishFace@piefed.social 37 points 2 weeks ago In practice it does. There's a big, entrenched competitor out there already, so that puts a damper on any motivation. If the site just closed down, that wouldn't be the case. Even if SteamDB is gradually enshittified, there will still be that competitor that does a "good enough" job for a lot of people, meaning the bar for a new player to come along is higher. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dgdft@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago Why would network externalities not apply here? They’re a very common and well demonstrated pattern that plays out with this sort of site; e.g. it’s taken almost a decade for many gaming wikis to get off fandom after they were locked in. There’s a finite pool of user attention and contribution that these projects can pull from, and splitting that pool worsens the commons. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FishFace@piefed.social 37 points 2 weeks ago In practice it does. There's a big, entrenched competitor out there already, so that puts a damper on any motivation. If the site just closed down, that wouldn't be the case. Even if SteamDB is gradually enshittified, there will still be that competitor that does a "good enough" job for a lot of people, meaning the bar for a new player to come along is higher. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dgdft@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago Why would network externalities not apply here? They’re a very common and well demonstrated pattern that plays out with this sort of site; e.g. it’s taken almost a decade for many gaming wikis to get off fandom after they were locked in. There’s a finite pool of user attention and contribution that these projects can pull from, and splitting that pool worsens the commons. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago There's also selling it to another party that isn't a vampiric parasite as an option. I doubt they were the only potential buyer. permalink fedilink source parent