Bethesda is now owned by Microsoft meaning Starfield will be on gamepass day 1. Gamepass already heavily restricts how you mod your games with protected folder bullshit at the OS level.
I have a feeling that it'll be really hard to use nexus with Starfield if not entirely impossible as Beth and Msoft will want to kite you through their new mod store where they take a sizeable chunk from mod makers
On reflection I realize I made a big comment that basically just says I agree with you and your conspiracy.
Uhhh my point was that I think Microsoft and Bethesda (Softworks LLC) are maneuvering against mods to sell more of their own games and DLC since they do see them as competition in both attention spans and content to consume.