Enclave996

My suggestion is absolutely nothing like what you're seemingly imagining. My suggestion is very much in line with short ads as you would see before a monetised youtube video. Pop-ups are the devil, I'd never suggest any such BS as that.

Really? I don't see how. As long as the ability to pay absolutely nothing is there I don't see any risk of BS like freemium coming about. Youtube rather successfully utilises short ads to monetise videos without forcing people to actually pay to view. It's a minimal annoyance. It also in no way could morph into ridiculous pop ups in-game with adverts or begging for donations (looking at you Midas Magic) which generally is where the fear of freemium creeping in comes from.

I actually had an idea to encourage people to donate. This thread seems like a good enough place to post it. I personally feel modders should be able to get paid for their work, the way Steam is doing it is 100% wrong if you ask me though. What I'd like to see? 1. When you try to download a mod it takes you to a donation page, you HAVE to input a value into the donation box even if that value is $0.00 2a. If you donated $X or more the download starts (modder determines X). 2b. If you donated $X-1¢ or less you are taken to a short advertisement. Once the advertisement is done the download starts. 3. F*** Bethesda and Valve taking 75%, do this on Nexus instead. 4. Modder profits and nobody is screaming bloody murder except idiots who don't want to deal with a 30 second advert. You could even mark on a persons account what mods they've paid for so that future attempts to download the mod doesn't take them to the donation page and instead immediately starts the download. Additionally, track on the persons account how much they've donated if they've donated under the minimum. That way if they reach the minimum or go above it through multiple donations over time then they also will get to skip the ad in the future. People like to pay for things that they enjoy. It just needs to be done in a way that is not so objectionable. Honestly, can you imagine anybody being severely against the idea I laid out here?