Fortunately the backlash from the community was so great that they haven't tried anything similar since.
Everyone else is pushing out minimalistic DLC now, though it was going to come sooner or later regardless of what Bethesda did.
Not a major deal however, and IMO gaming isn't ruined by any stretch of the imagination. There are crap games, yes, but we can always avoid buying them (and stop pirating them, if people know what's good for them.)