inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days 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-square126linkfedilinkarrow-up1486arrow-down14cross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1482arrow-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 · 7 days agomessage-square126linkfedilinkcross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
minus-squaredaniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up66arrow-down3·6 days agoMod hosting seems to be a great usecase for torrent. It only need a suitable frontend and we are golden.
minus-squared00ery@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-26 days agoSeems like a good idea. I wonder if there’s anything already similar. It’d be a real treat to see a VC company get shafted.
minus-squarepunkibas@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·6 days agoSomeone mentioned this in another thread and I found it interesting: Ckan kerbal space program mods Apparently its a frontend for mods that’s hosted on github
minus-squaremsage@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoGithub, that’s limiting API calls, hmm…
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·6 days agoWould a federated discovery frontend work? Peertube’s back end of the service would probably work great as a starting point since it uses torrents to ease up on traffic for individual servers
minus-squareYiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·6 days agoHit me up with an addy when you’re on it!
minus-squareWhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·6 days agoOoh I’ll take some addy too. Been too long and I need to clean my fuckin house.
Mod hosting seems to be a great usecase for torrent. It only need a suitable frontend and we are golden.
Seems like a good idea. I wonder if there’s anything already similar. It’d be a real treat to see a VC company get shafted.
Someone mentioned this in another thread and I found it interesting:
Ckan kerbal space program mods
Apparently its a frontend for mods that’s hosted on github
Github, that’s limiting API calls, hmm…
Would a federated discovery frontend work? Peertube’s back end of the service would probably work great as a starting point since it uses torrents to ease up on traffic for individual servers
Hit me up with an addy when you’re on it!
Ooh I’ll take some addy too. Been too long and I need to clean my fuckin house.