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[–] Forester@pawb.social 16 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 17 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

It's still an extra barrier. There's zero point other than tracking what people do.

[–] Forester@pawb.social 29 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (2 children)

News flash running the servers isn't free.

Yes they are tracking us. That's how they pay to keep the servers running.

If your not paying you are the product.

[–] malwieder@feddit.org 14 points 20 hours ago

If you're paying they're also tracking you.

[–] 30p87@feddit.org 3 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

But somehow eg. rdr2mods.com is free, and without account. Oh wonder.

[–] psychadlligoat@piefed.social 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Mods for one game vs basically every game

I could probably host the entirety of the mods on that site on my homelab, Nexus is exponentially larger and more complex

[–] 30p87@feddit.org 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Mods for one game vs basically every game

As it should be. Or are we pretending that centralization is suddenly good now?

[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] 30p87@feddit.org 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

You mean cash for shareholders/owners? And a hassle to move to the next platform once it destroys itself?

[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

Do you consider those perks? I certainly don't.

[–] Forester@pawb.social 2 points 18 hours ago

Cool hope they do a decent job moderating the servers they run and limiting malware exposure. I also hope they've taken steps to prevent themselves being used as a host for malicious entities to distribute malware to third parties

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

It also tracks what you've downloaded to provide update notifications and encourage you to participate in the mod quality ratings system.

It's not 100% without reason beyond tracking users.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 14 points 21 hours ago

And to limit scrapers.