Some like it and some hate it.
I agree that if you believe amateur radio is about 2-way chats, possibly with stations across the world, then FT8 is not for you. Also, with FT8 people will not chance upon amateur radio as many of us did on AM years ago.
In my own case, I have little alternative as my voice is very poor these days! FT8 works with very weak signals and only occupies about 50Hz whereas SSB takes about 2.3kHz. With FT8 exchanges are very basic.
I am "on the fence" over FT8. There is no way without FT8 nearly 900 stations would have copied my 5W on 10m today.
At the same time, I really believe modes like FT8 could lead to the end of amateur radio as we know it.
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May try some Morse again Roger. It seems to be gaining alot of interest with people again and I think that POTA has helped the mode as such simple equipment can be thrown together. Hearing alot of older stations returning to the mode plus new stations looking for QSO's around 12wpm - 15wpm.
All QSO's are standard type and don't got into rag chew mode. Sometimes I can't get a chance to call CQ on the QRP frez due to activity "which is great"!
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