Don't care, I have a Nexus4 being delivered and won't ever have to install Cyanogen again! (I know its a little bit different but still I won't bother).
Cyanogenmod also provides many features that aren't found in the stock ROMs, like the option to modify what on-screen buttons are available, modifications to the lock screen and home screen launcher, etc
and their awesome theme engine. it brings a breath of fresh air to the interface. Of course, 99% of the themes found on xda are utter garbage but a few of them are extremely well designed.
The Nexus S won't be getting Android 4.2 without going the Cyanogen route. So even with Nexus phones you still have to chose between buying a new phone every 2 years, not having the latest version of Android or installing Cyanogenmod.
I have to agree. I had CM7 on my atrix and it saved my phone. I was this close "_" to getting rid of my phone because I was frustrated with the stock OS. CM7 fixed that, and gave my phone the last few months I needed out of it.
I just got the note 2 (which is dead sexy btw), and I"m going to hold off on custom roms until I get annoyed with the stock setup(ie, 2 weeks:) ). Happy to see that CM10 is kicking ass.