Lads And Lasses Dont argue about it. Its all dependant on what suits
YOU personally,so some of us use a lot of Barred chords and some of
have found ways round the use of Barred chords. Some of us have Jumbos
and love em, some of us play parlour guitars and love THEM.Music is such a personal thing, If we all liked the same things My God we'd all be bored out of our skulls in no time.Personally I learned (self taught- no one to blame) the Un barred F then I had a minor contretemps with a motorcycle parking experiment (65 mph NOT good parking speed) and had to learn all over again . And deliberatley learnt to play Bar Chords. Means I can busk along in silly keys and
dont have to franticly look for a capo if the key shifts.Also means I have more idea of chord runs IN silly keys because I play them more often.
Dont Fight about music. Just play it and enjoy it !!