I don’t follow closely so can’t be sure, but I’d imagine no modding scene fully dies, only shrinks after the interest peak passes.

And with how technology is moving to a problematic end, more people get bothered and try to revert course for what interests them. But as the reversion tries to win against the original course, the messier it becomes, what feels to people as if the original course is gaining traction and thus bothering more and more people which then try to reverse the course in their own niches. That considered, I’d imagine there’s always space for a modding/jailbreak scene to keep existing.