I'm a bit sceptical about the new stuff with sessions - them not being forcefully interconnected. It smells like Ubisoft is pushing for Anno to be more opened and dumbed down. But we'll see. Hopefully there will be enough incentives and interconnection of product chains and needs fulfillment across different regions/sessions to even do that.
I would say: wait a bit for when we go more in-depth on those topics.
Having the option to do X doesn't mean you don't have the option to do Y. One key principle for us is player choice.