Funny how nobody needed 3rd party mods until <insert game>. Everyone seemed to do just fine back in the 'good ole' days'.
Reminds me of people who can't live without Starbucks every morning. What did they do before Starbucks? Oh that's right ......that lived just fine.
Now with that said, I don't mind various 3rd party apps but I can live without them. Lots of people have completed the content without them (see the QA team).