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> Having a knee-jerk reaction to photo taking that causes you to stop taking photos entirely is absurd.

Note that the author is a photographer by trade.

Note that the author stopped carrying a camera with him in his hometown, in order to "live in the moment", as per the article. My point was made generically.

The word “entirely” was what I was pointing out. The photographer stopped bringing his work home.

> When in 5-10+ years you'll really regret not having a few pictures (and videos!) here and there.

I can't say I ever have. I think that different people are happy with different things (hot take, I know lol). That doesn't make the advice bullshit, it just means that it will be valuable for some and not sure others.

It's not the advice itself that is bullshit, it's that it's repeated as a mantra by people all the time.

While I agree that everyone has different opinions, I do think the average person will appreciate being able to look back after so many years instead of having nothing due to repeating some mantra without thinking about it.

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