Does disallowing yourself from using a Modifier count as a Limitation?

[Red the Second Hand]

For Modifiers, you can choose when to activate them on a per-casting basis.

For Limitations, you decide on them when you pick the power.

One of the types of Limitation is Aspect. Does a Modifier count as an Aspect? Can you decide "The Additional Recipients Modifier is an aspect that I'm limiting myself by never using" and get a 1 point discount on the base spell?

[PEGClint]

For Modifiers, you can choose when to activate them on a per-casting basis.

For Limitations, you decide on them when you pick the power.

One of the types of Limitation is Aspect. Does a Modifier count as an Aspect? Can you decide "The Additional Recipients Modifier is an aspect that I'm limiting myself by never using" and get a 1 point discount on the base spell?

Nope, Modifiers are not Aspects. The Aspect Limitation applies if "The character can only access one aspect of a power (that has more than one choice), such as sloth/speed or boost/lower Trait."

An aspect is optional within the base cost of the power (and is pretty much designated as X/Y in the power name). A Modifier is optional at an increased cost, so by never using it, the character is already saving the PPs they would have spent to use it.

Hope that helps.