
- #ENDERAL DOWNLOAD SPEED CAP SOFTWARE LICENSE#
- #ENDERAL DOWNLOAD SPEED CAP MANUAL#
- #ENDERAL DOWNLOAD SPEED CAP FULL#
- #ENDERAL DOWNLOAD SPEED CAP MODS#
- #ENDERAL DOWNLOAD SPEED CAP CODE#
#ENDERAL DOWNLOAD SPEED CAP CODE#
There existed such sloppy code to make those things and you never had an easy or fancy maneuver to close out of them at the time.īack to your main concern - privacy/security risk with using an Adblocker. In conclusion, we are now rewarding users who contribute financially to the running of the site and we are not placing any further caps or punishing users who use piotrmill: Haha I remember ads being pretty bad in the early 2000’s and as far back as the 90’s when they were the most used of all time (IMO).

They'll still be able to browse the site and receive the same experience as they always have done in the past. For these users, their experience is not changing at all. There are myriad different reasons why users choose to use Adblockers, and a lot of them are perfectly valid. On the flip side, we do not want to punish users who want to use Adblockers but do not financially contribute to the running of the site. We believe the help they provide, consciously or unconsciously, should be incentivised and rewarded.
#ENDERAL DOWNLOAD SPEED CAP MODS#
Without them, Nexus Mods would simply cease to exist. Whether by directly donating towards the site by buying Premium or Supporter Memberships or simply by choosing to not use an Adblocker while browsing the site, these users are the ones who help to keep the site up and fully operational. In this age of Adblockers, we believe that the users who financially support the site should be rewarded for their help.
#ENDERAL DOWNLOAD SPEED CAP FULL#
If you'd like a full breakdown of what Nexus Mods needs money for, we've dedicated an entire page of the site to an infographic that puts it all in to easy to read data points. All of these expenses need to be accounted for in order to keep these sites up and running well.
#ENDERAL DOWNLOAD SPEED CAP SOFTWARE LICENSE#
From direct expenses, like the servers and bandwidth that are used to serve the page content to you, to more indirect but equally important expenses like our office space, the staff that maintain and improve the site, the hardware we work on, software license fees, HR, payroll, legal fees, insurance and so on and so forth. To keep this site running we need to pay a very hefty price. Simply put, if you're reading this, you've cost us money. Why increase the speed for non-Adblock users and Supporters?
#ENDERAL DOWNLOAD SPEED CAP MANUAL#
This speed cap increase is live now for manual downloads and will be rolled out to Vortex within the next two weeks. Members who are in the Supporter member group or who consistently do not use Adblockers on Nexus Mods. Members who have not bought Premium Membership and use Adblockers on the site.

This is how the speed cap tiers now look: Supporters, along with users not using Adblockers, will have their download cap increased to 2MB a second, which is double what Adblock users will receive. Supporters are users who previously bought a Premium Membership that has since expired (or who have specifically bought the "Supporter" membership from the site for a price of £1.29). This third tier includes "Supporters", and users who do not use Adblockers. We've now created a third tier of users on Nexus Mods that directly impacts the download speed cap. Members who have an active Premium Membership. Members who have not bought Premium Membership.

Thus, up until now, there have been two tiers of users on Nexus Mods when it comes to download speeds: If you're interested in finding out about all the perks of Premium Membership, or want to become a Premium Member, please head to our information page. Premium Members who have financially supported Nexus Mods are able to download without a speed cap as they are directly supporting the upkeep of the sites. If we didn't cap our downloads we could not budget in the same way. As a result, it's far easier to budget our bandwidth bills based on our active user base because more users typically means more ad revenue which means the increased bandwidth costs will be offset by the increased advertising income.

By limiting the speeds, we ensure that our expenses remain linked to the number of users who use our site and not the connection speeds of our user base. Thus, the faster users download from us, the more our bandwidth bills will cost. Essentially, that means we're charged based on the speeds we deliver, not the total amount of files that are downloaded. We use a global CDN to serve our files and our bandwidth is charged by the 95th percentile method. The download speed cap on Nexus Mods ensures we can budget for and keep our substantial bandwidth bills within an acceptable price range and makes sure we aren't shocked (or utterly destroyed!) by spiralling bandwidth costs. Why does Nexus Mods place a speed cap on downloads? Starting this week, this download speed cap has been increased to 2MB a second if certain criteria are met. Since 2007, Nexus Mods has had a download speed cap of 1MB a second on all downloads unless the user is a Premium Member.
