@inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 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-square117fedilinkarrow-up1479arrow-down14cross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1475arrow-down1external-linkNexus Mods' new owners promise they won't monetise the site to death as users panic at the whiff of venture capitalwww.pcgamer.com@inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 days agomessage-square117fedilinkcross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
minus-square@daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish63•10 days agoMod hosting seems to be a great usecase for torrent. It only need a suitable frontend and we are golden.
minus-square@punkibas@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglish19•10 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-square@msage@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish2•9 days agoGithub, that’s limiting API calls, hmm…
minus-square@mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish11•10 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-square@d00ery@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-210 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-square@YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglish4•10 days agoHit me up with an addy when you’re on it!
minus-square@WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish0•10 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.
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
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.
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.