I totally agree, I’d love to see folders in the Community folder. But I’m pretty sure it will never happen. If it doesn’t work on Xbox, it won’t come to the game, and I don’t think Xbox would allow/be capable of such a thing as file folders as a DLC package organizational concept.
The whole thing about Xbox is to remove such complications from the experience so that anyone can use it. Of all the people who use computers, not many people understand how a file system works or the concept of folders.
I said a long time ago, that this game was developed by an Xbox game developer for Xbox, and, just like other Xbox games, it works on PC, too (since, essentially, an Xbox is a specialized PC with a specialized operating system). People laughed and derided, but, the proof is in the pudding.
I’m not saying it’s a bad thing, it’s just something to understand when you look at the functionality of the game and how its being developed, and what to expect from it. I also don’t believe they will take away the extensibility of the PC version (as long as Windows allows that), and will continue to support that extensibility. But core things like the VFS will continue to follow the Xbox model. Unfortunately, I think also, more DRM features will be coming our way.
As everyone has already said above, in answer to your question, if you’re looking for that functionality, Addon Linker is the way to go.
Personally, rather than use the addon linker, I rename all my packages to order them in directory like structures with prefixes like aircraft_ objlib_ scenery_(state)_ livery_airplane_ etc.
Given the system level quality of freeware addons is so low, I have to go through and edit them all the time anyway to avoid CTD’s and to keep my system running cleanly, so it’s not a big deal.