I like survival building more because you have to collect all the supplies for making things. I consider it as making your art more 'valuable' then it being annoying. It's just like how they said on the website, if there was no survival mode it would be just like a shooter with infinite ammo, boringgg.
Well actually I think a good idea would be, we could have a neighborhood for our houses and in our backyards we make masterpieces(creative mode). Then on a survival mode map we have a seed that spawns us on a tiny island with one tree with like 3 of us trying to survive there. I guess you could choose depending on which you like more.