Although on the whole I agree with you, and I do shoot mainly in RAW, I do have one concern. I see people who are new to photography thinking of RAW as a get out of jail free card. They think they in can pull in two stops in processing etc. This does not necessarily lead to good habits re learning to exposure correctly for the scene. It sometimes also makes people think they can make the photo in the computer which is false. You can improve the photo, but a bad photo is a bad photo and cannot be made wonderful in processing.
I am all for people learning about and using RAW but believe they should learn the basics first. Perhaps shooting in jpeg will teach people to use their metering and exposure compensation, therefore reducing the need to use post processing as much.
Also the newer sensors are a lot better than older sensors and can give great results. Really it is a matter of considering what you are trying to achieve. for snap shots of the family jpeg is usually more than enough.
Thank you for the article. YES I shoot RAW but do have some concerns about people thinking they can use RAW rather than learning the basics.
Thank you for your comment, and I fully agree with you on people learning first the basics. So that's why I wrote a blog about the basics a while ago. You can find it here ...
https://steemit.com/photography/@hetty-rowan/photography-the-basics