Well OP I pretty much agree with you, except I don't want story progression. Your title says it all You are not listening or maybe the title should be they don't care what we want because we buy it anyways. I have continued to play because of modders. They have helped turned this game into the crazy I can't get with normal play. It feels like Sims 2. I don't know what will happen to my sims next from kidnapping, car accidents, serial killers, armed robberies, cancer, etc. If my favorite modders ever stop making the mods, I am gone.
I could go on and on but I am just going to end this comment with.....
The Letter... "Guys we hear you but let us be open about the next expansion will not include cars, babies, farms and bunkbeds"
I believe these are the most requested items LOL. It is like a sick joke to hear they know what we want and still will not deliver on these items. My only hope that there will be some type upgrade to the romance system with a destination wedding\honeymoons with hotels that can be placed IN ANY WORLD or some type of winter vacation with enough winter activities and content worthy of an expansion price.