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[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Playing a touch of devils advocate here but, how are patreon only mods any different than what valve was trying to do? It seems if mod makers wanna get paid for their work they should be able to monetize it in via any avenue that fits their fans abilities.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I've never heard of patreon only mods, tell me more

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

A lot of the stuff you'd find yourself in lovers lab for Skyrim has gone patreon only. As well as some rimworld mods. I also used to track a vr modder that released patreon exclusive builds (RDR2 was the primary one until R* DMCA'd them).

It's a good way to generate revenue for creators.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

So access to the files in the first place is managed by Patreon, but the files are manually downloaded, belong to the users forever, and could theoretically be pirated if the users thought it was necessary?