Essentially, take a very very low risk of permanent eye problems to not have to wear contact lenses.
I'd rather pay for contact lenses forever, put them in, and take them out every day than risk anything to my vision.
Obviously contacts have risks as well but infinitesimal if used correctly.
For me the only significant downside is dry eyes (it damages the nerves that sense dryness so you don't produce as many tears), but that's manageable with eyedrops. I do notice my night vision getting slightly worse now in my late forties, but hard to tell if that actually had anything to do with Lasik or if it's just normal aging. No problems with driving at night yet, and eye exams tell me everything is normal.
Same same same. Soft contacts are pretty freaking great in the grand scheme of things -- go read contemporary accounts of what it was like to suffer from severe myopia even just 50 years ago. The hype surrounding LASIK when there is a cheaper, non-invasive, lower risk, minimally inconvenient and widely available alternative never made an ounce of sense to me.
I found the risk/reward ratio of surgery* acceptable.
* Lasik is only used up to about diopter 6ish; I had ICL surgery.
A 3mm-long slit is made at the very edge of your iris, and the lens is inserted, then unfurled in place. Reversing it involves pulling the little sucker back out, easy-peasy. I've had that done, during cataract surgery.
It's not risk-free, but it's ostensibly MUCH safer than Lasik. We don't have enough data to make that a stronger certainty, though.
There's some interesting Infrared/LED light stuff coming out about eyesight repair too.