I love it when the old guard (of which I am probably part sadly) defend their ancient gear (muskets) against the march of progress (laser guided rifles).
I like Leica cameras (and my Leica bins). I even have a Leica microscope. It is an iconic brand (despite the Panasonic dilutions) and I have dabbled with the rangefinders, and various Leica made digitals. We went on holiday with a Leica X2 once, which was a fun street camera. I sold it due to lack of lens flexibility and slightly regret that as it was a nice little camera of its day.
The Canon R is in a different league - even though we are mostly using older L glass bought for trips to Japan with the 5D III and another digital body.
But it is worth taking the time to learn how to get the best out of a decent phone camera, simply because nowadays most of us always have a phone with us, and they are always instantly ready for action and can be very discreet in use.
My comment "everyone's a photographer" was more a tongue in cheek remark about their ubiquity rather than a serious point. It amuses me that just in the last few years selfies have become so prevalent. My business partner and best friend is a woman, and she pretty much records her daily life with her pre teen children via her mobile phone and the medium of selfies.
Higher end phone cameras are becoming increasingly foolproof and the market for carry around small chip cameras in their various iterations has gone over the cliff. I doubt that manufacturers are putting any significant development money now into such tools and digital DSLRs are pretty much dead too as the mirrorless cameras are superseding them. My R for example is significantly ad noticeably better than my 5DIII and I would not go backwards in that regard even though some of my favourite glass was developed for the previous generation (compatible with the R but gradually being overtaken by lighter and smaller glass).
Don't like: wood, engines, electrickery, decorating, tiling, laying stone, plumbing, gardening or any kind of DIY. Not wild about spiders either.