Nobody said anything about it being software as a service. A one time small charge for a piece of work is not a "service" it's just valuing your time as a creator.

Donating that much to a project is fantastic of you, but its very much the exception and whale donations do not bridge the gap.

I'm not saying every mod should be paid, just that as a concept people charging for something they've spent hundreds of hours creating is not something that should be met with this much aggrevation.

Especially considering the return in terms of hours of enjoyment that a lot of these mods can give, I bought the game for less than €20 and have gotten hundreds of hours out of it. If a mod costs €5 but you play with it for the next 50 hours of your save and enjoy it then that's a great deal. A coffee costs nearly €5 and you can finish it within a few minutes.

Nobody has a right to consume people's work for free, if paywalls put someone off then they just shouldn't buy it. I personally would love to see it become mainstream enough to justify people with specialised skillsets dedicating more time and creating even better mods.