OP you forget alot of the mods created use work of other creators its a combinend effort, how would you monetize something wich is the work of several individuals. Will you split your mod of 1$ in to several cents to pay to each respected person fair share ? It would be a huge pain to do so. And who will check if Mods dont use textures found on the internet witouth permision, not to mention intelectual properties, it would be a total cluster****. Modding has alwas exsisted for many years, now since steam came with this idea sundenly "some" modders see it as a way to make a living like those lazy youtubers doing comentary all day. But that wont work, because the Gaming community is already fed up with cashshops - paywalls and DLC, make modding into another paywall is making people go shout "enough is enough" But yes I do agree Modders that do alot of work should get compensated its just a very trickery slope to go on.