The organic-ness and tweaky-ness and the handling of physical media and the flipping of records are, to me, all annoying, all downsides. They definitely are not why I choose to deal with vinyl. There is nothing nostalgic about playing records that prompts me to cling to vinyl playback. But, for me, the emotional connection to the music which vinyl affords me outweighs those downsides and hassles.
There is no disputing that digital is easier and more convenient. But convenience is an answer to a different question.
*Unfortunately, I think that even many well-intentioned dealers are not expert at aligning cartridges.
**Top digital playback has gotten so good (for example, Lampizator, MSB) that a state-of-the-art digital system can easily beat a modest analog system and a state -of-the-art analog system which is not properly set up. Also, very generally, I prefer to listen to digital recordings on digital playback systems.