Just throwing my 2 cents on the fire atm... This was a huge dump on the community. Not sure who all was involved but The Fun Pimps definitely should've known better.
The very least you could do was announce these planned changes for mods so that everyone could expect it, take precautions and be ready for it.
While I love vanilla and the things the team has done for the games over the years... I love the mods a hell of a lot.
This was unnecessary.
You could also allow, through the options in game, choose which mod folder to load and offset some of this hassle.... as well as screenshots. As many have pointed out, it's very annoying.
As it is, it's like surprise anal sex from The Fun Pimps... and as humorous as it may sound, it truly sucks for the community, especially if you use mods. I feel for the modders who have to, not only change things up, but explain it again and again. Mods are helping to keep this game alive. I've seen plenty of this community pouring their souls into this game since Alpha 4. Maybe some had an inkling of what was going on, but it sure doesn't look like it by the posts. This should have been announced WELL in advance... This is a huge dropping of the ball and you shouldn't do that to your community. Totally unnecessary. You should be making it easier for the player base and modders... not harder.
This needs to be rethought and referenced for any other changes going forward, especially ones that affect a large portion of the player base.
That being said, I've always been an ardent supporter and defender of the game. I cannot defend this.