This mod has been an absolute godsend and life saver for my story! I am the same as @Busufu - I don't like playing with CC too but I also don't play with custom poses either and I just use the in game animations instead. It takes an age, can take some really lucky timing and be a bit of a mare in general but I just prefer the cartoony expressions of the OG sim animations (since my story is actually meant to be a cartoon). I feel CC ones do look too staged for my taste :) plus with some clever angling and camera trickery you can get a pretty decent shot.
But custom poses would certainly make me life easier - I'm definitely tempted by some of the sofa group shots... I've seen some really great ones