I agree with your whole post but especially your first point. No Limited Time Events!!!!! I don't understand the point of them except that they plan on giving exclusive rewards for them once they have the SDX up and running. I would absolutely hate this and it would actually drive me from the game completely. Doing that would turn Sims 4 into a different type of (very annoying) game that I DO NOT want to play. I hope this won't be the case but I can't see another reason for limited time scenarios.
Just give us the scenarios and leave us alone to play our games the way we want!!!