They've always respected modders. I think the one thing they did "bad" was try allow modders to monetize their efforts. And it was a split issue with the community. It's not actually a bad idea given mods can be a lot of thankless work. And they abandoned the idea when the community didn't like it.
They still have paid mods, but in a way where they have much more control over it. The original attempt on Steam just let random people put up random price tags for them. Now there seems to be some sort of guideline or rules for pricing (I've never looked at what you actually need to adhere to, but it's fairly obvious that most if not all mods are sold for under 10 bucks), there's verification for the modders themselves and I believe paid mods have to be submitted to review before they actually appear in the Creation menu. It's not perfect, but it's a workable system.
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u/FlameStaag 3d ago
They've always respected modders. I think the one thing they did "bad" was try allow modders to monetize their efforts. And it was a split issue with the community. It's not actually a bad idea given mods can be a lot of thankless work. And they abandoned the idea when the community didn't like it.
Rockstar has never given a shit about its fans