Maxis Match for my game. I did do Alpha for awhile. There are a lot more options now for hiding the EA stuff, especially hair, so if I ever went Alpha again, I would do that (a friend on Tumblr made some hiders that prevent the EA hairs from even spawning in game so you won't see it on NPCs either beyond the originals, I think?). The main issue I had with Alpha was I'd have to change ALL the townies, otherwise it was too jarring.
But I also love MM. I've actually considered having two separate mod folders I can switch in and out for saves to go between MM and Alpha.
Maybe I need to insert that Road to El Dorado "Both, both is good" gif here. Ha ha.