To all you modders out there!

[Kreekakon]

and freedom can be crippling while limitations can create creativity.

Hmmm? I can't fully understand your point here. Can you elaborate more in detail what you mean by this?

Obviously, my point isn't that working with publishers gives you more freedom, I'm just saying you are not "free to do whatever the balls you want" either.

No, no of course not! I agree completely that you are never 100% free to do what you want.

Well, maybe not always. There are exceptions to this rule which lie in people who have enough power, and resources to make it so, and really can almost make 100% what they want (Provided it isn't stupid), but these are really few, and far between, so not really wise taking them into consideration here ^^