Reminder that unpopular opinions vs the alternatives [v4]

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, mods please remove if it is not. There is a lot of conflicting advice online and most of it is from 2019. Posting this here because the relevant subreddit has gotten too noisy lately.

This came up at a meetup recently and the room was split, so curious what the broader community thinks. Mostly thinking out loud — feel free to push back hard. Long-time lurker, first-time poster.