Forum member Brumbek notified me his mod SMIM will remain free despite submitting it for sale on the Steam Workshop. Here is his video explaining why.
Forgive the self-indulgince. Author of SMIM here. SMIM has over 2 million unique downloads and is one of the largest and most intricate graphical overhauls for Skyrim. I've uploaded a video giving my thoughts on the paid Steam Workshop stuff. I've submitted my mod to the paid Workshop today after 2 days of intense deliberation.
The short reason is:
SMIM will always remain free and up-to-date on Skyrim Nexus. However, I view Steam Workshop as a way for more casual Skyrim players to pay for the best mods out there. The money I (hopefully) make will help motivate me to mod SMIM, which directly benefits the free Nexus users.
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