A digital camera definitely allows me to embrace every fleeting glimpse and feel of the reality before me without cost or consequence. But I also know that the burdensome and suffering I associate now with working with film and making prints in a darkroom offers a glimpse of reality through a differently affected set of eyes. And it throws my impatience in my face. Who knows where this road will lead.
Just before Covid hit I gave up almost all my film photography for this very reason.
In my case, "burdensome" and "suffering" were not my main motives in having made this decision, rather "impatience" - I had been doing darkroom work, with very few breaks, since 1961, and in 2019 I came to the realization that after six decades in the dark my time with D&P had reached a point I can only described as a "nadir". I just had enough, and it was time to call it quits on almost all of it.
I still process films on a "needs must" basis - with about 200 rolls, mostly in bulk films, in my darkroom fridge, I feel a sense of having to use it up (tho' the temptation to put the 100-foot bulk cans, especially the Panatomic-X, on Ebay for the bidders to outdo themselves in fighting each other for it, is strong), and I still enjoy putting an occasional roll or two through my Rolleiflexes, Nikkormats and Contax G.
One of the joys of scanning my rolls, compared to the many hours II've spent hovering over my LPL 7700 in the dark and the copious amounts of red wine I consumed during these ordeals to keep myself going, is that I can program my scanner to scan and then do other things. Obviously, more time is required on my computer for post-processing, but I can manage this much more effectively than having to set up the darkroom for a night (when I usually did most of my printing). And my sleep patterns are better, so a double win for me.
The cost factor was also important. I still do not dare to sit down and calculate how much I've spent on film and chemistry over the decades. It would depress me too end. Good digital Nikons aren't cheap, but after I've bought them the cost of shooting drops dramatically. This is particularly important to me as I"m now an age pensioner and on a more restricted budget.
As well, for the most part, the sort of image-making I do (mostly architecture) can be achieved as easily and with as good results, with my digital Nikons. For me film is just too burdensome.
Like the OP, I also have wondered where this "road" would lead me to. Except in my case, at my age I know the inevitable outcome and I want to delay it as long as I can. All the more important in my decision to move away from film while I still have time to do other important things in my life, travel and enjoy the many small pleasures.
So yes, film is now too much for me..