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All good points. In the end it may depend on the individuals budget or needs.. If astrophotography is your prime focus, a dob is not for you. If you only have $500 to spend, a goto scope is not for you.
If I had the money, I would've bought a goto scope (like a 10" Meade LX200 SCT) when I got my scope. But I only had $1k so I bought my 10" dob. At that time, astrophotography wasn't a major concern for me.
I like hunting things down, but I mainly prefer the convenience of my DSC's. I still learn the sky, but it also means I can see 5x more objects in a night. And with my limited spare time, that's more important to me.
Goto certainly isn't boring, it's about convenience.
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