Today's Sim's Delivery express?

Thank you very much, @Peppers and @Stormkeep for clearing things up for me. This is what I was afraid of as soon as I began doing a bit of research. Sigh. I guess I'll be playing offline for a long time. I had hoped the updates and the Sims Delivery were separate entities, but that isn't the case if using Sims Delivery will trigger the updates to download. I've had very little spare time to look at this more closely, so I appreciate your quick responses. You saved me a couple of hours' worth of investigating. :)

I know. Both require the player to be online, and once you go online to add a kit or a pack or use Sims Express, the updates happen automatically. This has bothered me for quite a while now. If one doesn't want to update there should be the option to turn that off. Using the Gallery or repairing your game has to be done while online, but once you go online Origin takes the wheel and does pretty much whatever it wants. I am not totally against the updates or the content in those updates. I just don't feel the need to update if I am uninterested in the content that is included. I don't need more CAS or B/B content added to my game. I'd like to see all of that as optional rather than being forced on everyone. And as someone who uses a lot of bug fixing and gameplay mods, this constant updating is a real bore when it comes time to update all those mods. My hope for Sims Express was it would give the players a choice in what is added to their games. Alas, this isn't the case. It looked promising before I did more research, but it is just another way of controlling the direction of Sims4.

Playing online is one reason for me why they added scenarios and delivery express. Maybe they want to raise the number of active playing simmers. With playing offline they can't do it.
I usually play offline but when there is a new delivery I start my game online to get it. Most of the time I forget switching to offline mode when I downloaded it.

I like to play offline most of the time simply because I use a lot of mods, many for the explicit purpose of fixing game bugs and, to a lesser extent, game annoyances. So I stay offline often, so that I only get updates after the mods I use have been cleared (or updated) for the latest patch.

With Sims Delivery express though....I want the new stuff...cause I'm greedy that way. So now I'm playing online all of the time, but I have the entire game backed up to another folder so that if there ever is an update that breaks my mods I can roll back and go offline for a while.

Next delivery is February 2nd
https://simscommunity.info/2022/01/18/the-sims-4-preview-into-upcoming-sims-deliveries/

Inside your Sims 4 game you will find a file called Content. This is where the new stuff resides. I don't know if it says what it is, but I believe it lists a date.

Is it always an item or is it sometimes a patch update? I think they can use it to fix bugs too, although I'm not sure.

I believe they said that small bug fixes can also be sent the delivery express and that they would be doing that. Not sure how to find out which fixes were sent though.

Huh. I didn't notice an update when I started the game today. The most recent one I remember is the one with the Korean clothing, which I think also had the New Year, New Hussle scenario( which I didn't bother with.) But I don't remember the scenario being announced.

Usually with items you can at least find a tweet if not a mention on the livestream.

Saw something on Twitter about new recipes and one of the university hairs turned base game. But I haven't confirmed