inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoNexus Mods' new owners promise they won't monetise the site to death as users panic at the whiff of venture capitalwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square125fedilinkarrow-up1488arrow-down14
arrow-up1484arrow-down1external-linkNexus Mods' new owners promise they won't monetise the site to death as users panic at the whiff of venture capitalwww.pcgamer.cominclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square125fedilink
minus-squareMyDarkestTimeline01@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up277·1 month agoTranslation: “Once all the hub-bub dies down we intend to as slowly as you’ll allow, slip in monetization.”
minus-squareyeehaw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up89arrow-down1·1 month agoYup we’ve never seen this happen before, not ever. Not once! /s
minus-squareMyDarkestTimeline01@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·1 month agoExactly! No venture capitalist has ever taken something that could be monetized but wasn’t, bought it out, and then proceeded to monetize it into irrelevancy before…
minus-squareeinlander@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·1 month agoJust the tip, you won’t even feel it.
minus-squareElectricMachman@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·27 days agoShortly after we introduce monetisation so terrible, everyone hates it - just to test your pain threshold
Translation: “Once all the hub-bub dies down we intend to as slowly as you’ll allow, slip in monetization.”
Yup we’ve never seen this happen before, not ever. Not once!
/s
Exactly! No venture capitalist has ever taken something that could be monetized but wasn’t, bought it out, and then proceeded to monetize it into irrelevancy before…
Just the tip, you won’t even feel it.
Shortly after we introduce monetisation so terrible, everyone hates it - just to test your pain threshold