Remiros

That's a very subjective opinion that I can't, in good faith, take seriously. How are they "promoting" paid mods by allowing for compatibility patches to exist. Paid mods that, mind you, were made by creators who allow this site to exist in the first place. I'm not a fan of paid mods either, at least not in their current form, but I'll never understand the passionate dislike towards them when you can just move on and not buy them. I also don't really see the difference between verified creations and paid DLC / Creation Club content. Why is one fine and not the other? How did Bethesda "invent the problem" with verified creations, when they have been doing the exact same thing for close to 20 years now, just under a different name?

I'm not sure if that's accurate. While I see several verified creators voicing their concerns, I'm mostly seeing end users who are negatively affected by this change. Ultimately, it seems like this is a net loss for everyone involved, including the Nexus, unless someone can point out the positive aspects to me. I don't think that was ever really part of the discussion in the first place. It's not about whether the Nexus is better or worse than other platforms in terms of features, but instead that it's "the" go-to modding platform, whether people like it or not. I genuinely do think that it's currently the best platform in terms of features and reach, but I feel like that's very much missing the point. Considering that this has been the primary issue in this discussion, even the minor alteration to the rules to placate users effectively changes nothing. I'm not a verified creator myself, so I have no direct stakes here, but I still think this is a bad precedent that will only serve to create another rift in the community. I have always been (and will continue to be) a big proponent of cathedral modding, but free modding means having to account for both sides. That seems contradictory, because the Nexus does require payment in the form of a monthly subscription to access some if its more prominent features like automatic collections, faster downloads and an ad-free experience.

The Nexus is the biggest modding platform that has ever existed, holding what is basically an iron-tight monopoly on video game mods, which is now seemingly getting enforced even further by this strange change in their TOS. There's absolutely no reason to believe that this site isn't vastly profitable. Free patches for paid content that is comparatively niche anyways is not going to make a dent. The Nexus will survive, don't worry.