I'd be okay with it but Steam takes a huge cut of it just like with greenlight and monetizing mods will stifle some creativity as making mods for these games has always been a hobby for most people. Full conversions of games have come out for free because fans love the game and want to enhance it for themselves and others.
If anything I think this will drive away creators from Steam workshop and maybe decentivize someone who wants to do it for fun and put their stuff out for free, while attracting people who want to make money off the people who will pay for their 'CLEAN SKIN MOD'.
Also the potential for abuse here is high. What is stopping me from taking a Mod that someone else made for free and selling it on the Steam Workshop. Modding isn't a closed network thing its run through multiple websites and checking all the complaints this will generate for steam would require an huge workforce of checkers.
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