Eventhough Ea screws up alot, they do know
NOT to remove the options for custom content in the sims. That's practically what built the sims, was being able to actually have sims your way!
They would lose so many fans even if they did do that, and everyone knows EA loves their monies. Plus in an interview for spore, Will Wright even mentions that so many people loved to create custom content for the sims, it inspired the idea for spore, or something about how they wanted spore to be the same.
The only issue with this though, EA thinks they make it easier with every game to create custom content, but it just gets more difficult. I remember in my sims 1 days, editing lipsticks on a face, changing hair colors and adding highlights with ease, because I could use good old window's paint. But now forget that, I try to even change a hue in a hair now and it turns out all fugged.
Plus EA quality has dropped over the years as well. Sims 1 I got the game and the only borked thing about it was all the custom content I had.... it got to a point my custom content actually destroyed my sims 1 cd's! :O!!! But everything about it worked perfectly for me.... and sims 2.... well.... it has it's kinks