I started with the plain 4" vanes, some 20 years ago, and never looked elsewhere.
They helped the arrow hit the target and the deer accurately, and still do, so I never looked elsewhere.
Of course, it helped not to compete with those 3D shooters. I was only thinking about hitting the deer and not getting some world championship hitting foam make believes.

Of course, it never hurt that those plain old 4" plastic vanes stayed cheap. Those new fangled vanes, I notice, keep getting more expensive. Something about cheaper, always appealed to me.