We Will Not Buy Mods From The Steam Workshop

• Valve taking money from modders (75%!)
  
• No system in place to stop stolen mods
  
• No system in place to limit low-effort mods
  
• Overpriced "micro"transactions.
  
• No guarantee that the mod will be patched if an update happens.
  
• Modders lose rights to their mod after uploading.
  
• 24 hour return policy which does nothing to ensure that a mod is compatible. Errors may only become evident days after "purchase."
  
• Not even a minimum guarantee of Quality Assurance. At least developer-produced DLC is expected to have gone through QA.

Originally posted by BlueWorrior:

There is a distinct difference between accepting donations for your work and demanding money for your work. We should not have to pay for community content like this.

• A donation system.
  
• Perhaps a "stamp" system, like TF2, to purchase and distribute support
  
• An escrow system to ensure that money raised by a stolen mod is distributed to the proper developer.
  
• A more equitable distribution of money to the developer. 75% seems a bit high for "bandwidth" and "distribution," when the Workshop continues to support free mods with the same operating costs.
  
• A curator system for only professional, high quality mods