I've been looking over the comments at nexus and there are a few modders who are like.. "i'm done with the community..." blah blah. Look.. there are a few mods I would pay for that I use for skyrim, but of the, probably 50 or so mods I've used, I would probably pay for 3 of them. The others would never of made it into my game if I had to pay money.
If you ask me.. SkyUI is probably getting hosed the most.. everyone that plays skyrim on PC uses their mod, and yes, it's one of the mods I would of paid for. I also would of paid for this one..
http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/10573/? I liked it so much that I built his nexus page for him a couple of years back. I also have a mod credited to me and this chick.. it was to improve sneaking... but i wouldn't pay for it. HAHA
No one is forcing someone to create a mod, and gamers are tired of being nickle and dimed to death. Besides that.. Valve and Bethesda were going to take 75% of the profit? BS.