Easements can affect ownership and limit your ability to do certain things on your property. That’s because the only limit created by an easement is that the property owner can’t block or otherwise hinder the easement holder’s use.
Some easements will benefit you as a homeowner, but others can cause a burden. Whereas an easement always benefits the person who has been granted the right to an easement.
To illustrate, there are apparent benefits to utility easements. You want your utility company to be able to access and maintain power lines on your property. But there’s also nothing you can do if your local utility company installs equipment that’s an eyesore and negatively affects your property value.