Do you play with CC or Vanilla?

Vanilla. No mods, and no CC. It's easier to upkeep, and I'll know for sure that if any issues arrive in the game, it's either the game's fault or my PC and not some random bit of CC or a mod I'd have to chase down every single time.

Can't tell you how many times I'll see people post supposed 'bugs' with the game, going on and on about how the gurus need to fix this or that, only to come back later and say it was CC x or mod y. Or issues with the gallery or whatever. If I ask the gurus for a fix, I'd like to know for sure it's their mistake to fix first, lol.

I play with CC, mainly because I like making male sims and there's not enough options for guys. I do try to keep it all maxis match so it won't look too out of place when I have townies photobomb my screenshots.
I use a few mods, like MCCC, for story progression. As much as I like rotating, I like getting surprised or getting weird matches. (Plus I'm bad at making decisions and often flip a coin when it's a 50/50 thing. :joy:)
I also use a mod to take out good surroundings so they wouldn't be happy 99% of the time.

I use quite a few mods, but I am very light on CC. I only have CC for toddlers. They really need more clothing and hair options for them. Can't wait for the family pack! :D

The hairstyles, clothing and hairstyles made by maxis feels more creative/open/clean/more personality to the normal cc that we have these days (in personal opinion , this does include maxis matches). I play with vanilla most of time, but I do sprinkle in some cc that I would rarely use.

I tried playing vanilla but I got so bored and frustrated so now I´m back with cc again ;) I try to keep it Maxis match though.

My game is made out of mods and CC, I only use mods and poses for stories and MCCC because my game wouldn't be as steady without it, I'm trying to turn maxis match but I'm going to use both Alpha and Maxis Match because I can't resist it.

Vanilla. I try to be creative with what's already there, and then I find that it's more than enough. I can't be bothered with the whole mods maintenance fuss, it's not worth it for me.

I've got some clothing recolours which I'm happy with.

I'm not so happy with some of the custom hair. It looks ok but the Sims end up in some odd outfits which seem to be related to the choice of hair.

I want to get some furniture recolours but haven't found anything that I like yet.

I'm keeping mods to the absolute minimum. I've got one just now - it stops them washing their hands all the time. That's the thing, out of all the many to choose from, that actually drove me nuts :)

The 1 mod I use is MCCC, mostly for story progression.

Thanks for the comments guys...seems like many player use maxis match CC these days. I personally do not need so much in the Sims 4 and I like playing vanilla but some things are missing like more tones in hair colors, fantasy hair colors for children and toddlers, alien or other fantasy eyes. I think that the alien hybrids with human eyes look so weird and off. They should fix that so that there would be hybrids with alien eyes more. Especially missing hair colors and eyelashes make me download CC hairs and lashes but after a while I remove them because they seem to mess the CAS somehow. So atm..I am playing vanilla game.