Sims 4 Neighborhood Stories: A Mistake From EA?

It was a mistake to release the feature half finished. There's no reconciling drastically different playstyles, for some players having the option to say "No" to proposed story progression elements is enough to make them feel in control, while others experience the very idea game putting words into their played (but inactive) sims's mouth as immersion breaking (I'm firmly in that second camp).

The smart thing would have been to wait until they had a running version that everyone can live with. A "bypass played households" option is a must have. "Unplayed only" should apply for far more things anyway (like inactive households getting jobs, i think in an unmodded game played households aren't exempted from getting forced into careers as if they were townies).