inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 22 hours agoNexus Mods acquires the popular community site SteamDBwww.gamingonlinux.comexternal-linkmessage-square46linkfedilinkarrow-up1249arrow-down11
arrow-up1248arrow-down1external-linkNexus Mods acquires the popular community site SteamDBwww.gamingonlinux.cominclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 22 hours agomessage-square46linkfedilink
minus-squareMurrayL@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up193·22 hours agoIf NexusMods is anything to go by, SteamDB will soon require an account to use, with strict limits unless you pay for premium access.
minus-squareDoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·19 hours agoPlus they’re going to allow developers to hide whenever they make changes so we can track minor changes anymore Fuck they’re going to break/API Paywall IsThereAnyDeal aren’t they
minus-squareHubi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up60·21 hours agoAnd then proceed to leak your username, e-mail and password.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down50·edit-216 hours agoSeems reasonable. Most people make a few requests, and heavy users can pay for the operational costs. Edit: that’s a lot of downvotes. People would prefer for it to just go offline entirely?
minus-squareルルㇲ@retrofed.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·15 hours agocrowdfunding ≢ private throttling
If NexusMods is anything to go by, SteamDB will soon require an account to use, with strict limits unless you pay for premium access.
Plus they’re going to allow developers to hide whenever they make changes so we can track minor changes anymore
Fuck they’re going to break/API Paywall IsThereAnyDeal aren’t they
And then proceed to leak your username, e-mail and password.
Seems reasonable. Most people make a few requests, and heavy users can pay for the operational costs.
Edit: that’s a lot of downvotes. People would prefer for it to just go offline entirely?
crowdfunding ≢ private throttling