revial: I stopped using Nexus back when they started playing video ads. I'm all for ad supported revenue, but that shit crosses my too invasive line.
Not even all the funky free file upload/download sites with their billion ads and attempts to get you to sign up are as invasive as that. So, I'm totally ok with most of you mod authors using something like mediafire.
eRe4s3r: you can easily block them via adblock... just saying. I never actually saw a video on the nexus anyway, something in my network must already be blocking something, or maybe my players just borked.
I use adblock, but it's the Google Chrome version, and it does not block Nexus' video ads that play before your download can start. That said, I totally understand the need to generate revenue, and have no problem making exceptions in adblock for community sites I love, and I used and loved Nexus for a long, long time from back in the Oblivion days, but when he switched to those video ads as a precursor to getting your download started, it stopped being a community site in my eyes, and I stopped using it. I'm not partial to his finances, but I like to think he could have found a different way to keep the servers running that didn't require him switching to video ads.
I just double check the site as it's been some time. They're still there, and still playing ads for things like dishwashing detergent. I mean, if I did want to sit through a video ad on a community gaming site, could it at least be something even remotely relevant? :p