Originally posted by ccc_ I thought it was a legitimate question
your earlier comment summed up the why of phone/camera usage...accessibility/universality
beyond the anecdotal confirmation of the original post it seems most of what followed is the typical...my way is better
does anyone really care who uses what to take an image...other than an insecurity regarding their own choice of tool that another's choice inspires?
I probably haven't used a phone to take more than a dozen images nor do I like cameras without viewfinders but do I care what someone else uses?
no...use what you want...i'm sure I will
Although it's true that insecurity may drive some of these discussions about the "right" and "wrong" equipment for photography, that's not the only reason for these discussions.
Personally, I care about how other people do photography (in the loosest possible sense of the term), the equipment they choose, and the way that they use it because it directly affects the decisions of camera & lens makers to create or discontinue the photographic equipment that I would like to use.
These forums are full of people who wish the available cameras and lenses were different in some way (more or fewer pixels, mirrored or mirrorless, larger or smaller bodies, square or other aspect ratios, different focal lengths, different price points, etc.) And it's entirely sensible that they would want to convince more photographers (and photographic companies) to agree. If I want X but everyone else wants Y, my chances of finding a product that does X will diminish. So I might quite reasonably try to convince others that X is a good idea in hopes that product makers continue to offer X and offer more enhancements to X.
And even if I fail to convince others to embrace X, maybe I learn of a hack to get X or maybe I learn there's alternatives to X or that sometimes X is not needed.
Yes, there are insecure trolls hyping their choice and attacking others. But there's also a lot of rational discussion about why certain camera and lens features are good and should be added or kept as features in production equipment.