Re: Donate: Donations are a tricky payment form. Mods are worthless without the base content and user base created by many other entities, so accepting money for your work like that cuts out deserved payment to other creators unless given approval.
1. Irrelevant, that's an enforcement issue.
2. It's a new option that with a disclosed cut. Disagreeing with terms doesn't make it mandatory. Besides, the 'developer' is dependent on many others for their work to have any value to begin with. Modding is not someone creating a full game.
3. Valid if hidden, but if it is made clear prior to purchase that the modder is responsible for updates then it isn't an issue. Risk of purchase. The money made might encourage the developer to make certain successful mods continue to work.
4. Mod creators set the price, not the publisher. ...and the developers, publishers, distributors, etc. all combine for a ton of effort put forth before a modder can do anything. You're also making up arguments by saying people buy the game for mods. Some do, but prove most do.
5. Irrelevant, and since modders can still put them up for free if they so choose this argument feels like entitlement. This is an option for modders, not mod users.