Most people weren't against the idea of paid mods. They were against the poor execution of it, including but not limited to: * Stealing free mods and either dir

Most people weren't against the idea of paid mods. They were against the poor execution of it, including but not limited to: * Stealing free mods and either directly uploading them or making a knockoff paid variant. * The revenue split (30/45/25 to valve, Bethesda and the modder respectively) * Resistance to change. Skyrim is old, it's modding scene established and entrenched around nexusmods.com and a certain culture. Valve/Bethesda disrupted it.