You see these same arguments in many discussions of activities.
Hunting, fishing, shooting, cooking all lend themselves to variations in their practice along a varying scale of difficulty concurrent with developments in the process.
It appears to me that it is Human Nature to devise shortcuts in everything we do.
And to a lesser degree, Human Nature to explore was is possible under the constraints of the past.
It’s all good.
I cannot think of a better time for photography than to be able to still experience a reach back with some really excellent old equipment, and at the same time, so simply and efficiently capture unique as well as utilitarian photographs.