I haven’t ever used mods or CC in the sims 4 for a few reasons. First I’m older and these days am rather rather computer illiterate. Though I started using using computers before windows when basic and fortran were around, before windows was the normal processing system. Now days I have to get help from my two daughters to do anything different…. lol. So, I’m glad to have a program like origin and a computer that do the downloading of packs into the game so easily. If I had the know how how to download, remove and add mods I might, and if they didn’t have to always be removed for updates, and it didn’t affect stability of the game, I probably would use them, but my main game has been going on since 2014. And I’m already starting to see bugs appear, but the stability of the game is amazing.
If the sims 4, incorporated outside modders into the game, like they did not long ago for some of those free new items, and it was as easy to download as buying and installing a pack, and it didn’t mess with the stability of the game, and, and certain modders were sanctioned, i would definitely use mods and custom content at this point. But, I would just be likely to pick up a mod that messed up my game, and I wouldn’t want to have to wait for them to be updated. It would all be a hassle for this old woman at this point