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People only whining because some of them have an addiction to those mods. Seriously, maybe having to pay a few dollars for big bouncy elf boobs will make you think a little more about your life decisions.
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And if it's quality shit, why not be bothered to pay out?

We may be looking at an era of the officialization of choice community content. Though this has already been a sorta-thing when it comes to Bethesda and the development of New Vegas off of Fallout 3; NV was built using concepts from mods or mods of Fallout 3.

And Valve has done what I imagine most would have dreamed of on some level with the use of Patreon or Kickstarter to fund these projects; managed to cut a deal with Bethesda to pay people in exchange they get royalties all the same, which is being managed by Valve now.