Paysites, donations. It's been a debate since the Sims 1, but now it's getting heated.
I don't get my hosting for free. I host the site from my own pocket, which has worn very thin over the years but the site manages to stay up.
Originally Dead Metal Simming was a geocities site with files hosted on file planet (you guys remember them? Back before they outlawed sim site file hosting). The site kept exceeding bandwidth and I was getting frustrated. I was looking for a cheap solution. By chance a friend of mines mother had her credit card stolen and the person bought a godaddy account (stupid thing to buy with a stolen card if you ask me). They asked if I knew wtf that was, I didn't so I looked it up. Found they offered really cheap hosting and viola, deadmetalsimming.us was born (by the way .us was cheapest lol).
When the site went live I put up on the front page, "This is it, I am never going to upgrade to more bandwidth, but I am never going to go pay either."
I don't break vows either. If it ever comes down to me not being able to afford the renewal, Ill just take the site down until I can.
That's not saying I hate paysites. I was a subscriber to 8ds since TS1. Ive also donated to other sites. I don't do it to get the objects so much as I think what they do is so good they deserve my money. Back when I had some to donate anyway lol.
Then we have The Booty.
That is a touchy subject to allot of people. The concept is good but some the targets I question. Namely those starting with an Nu. When I revolt against something, I make sure the people I revolt against are the bad guys. Not a guy who has given pretty much everything he did for free.
Don't f*ck over the good guys, or we wont have any left.
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