Originally posted by GunsForBucks:

It just makes the issue more complicated for those trying to help people who don't know what they are doing to begin with.

Which is why the #1 go-to advice is 'just use a mod manager' because they do all this crap automatically, and all you have to do after an update like this is press the giant 'Launch without mods' button.

It is useful to have an understanding of *what* the managers are doing behind the scenes though.