This is why we play via apps mainly. My family will pay board games with me but won't enjoy things like Root. I mean my son's 7 so maybe in the future 😅
My spouse adores the Ticket to Ride and (for a long time but not anymore after an update) Pandemic apps. I like the Twilight Struggle one as well and played a lot of that during covid when I couldn't see friends to play.
I’m a fan. I used to play a lot of Ticket to Ride on iOS. Having it as an app takes the fiddliness of all that shuffling out of it. Plus, it’s nice to be able to play only a few turns here and there.
I play a lot on BGA/Yucata and also play app implementations for some games. Generally I much prefer the BGA/Yucata versions over the app ones because of the more faithful implementations, the better matchmaking and the consistent UI.
I have no problem with mixing digital and on-table, the more ways to play the better! And it's really nice to be able to try games online before buying them. The best way to sell me a game is a good BGA or Yucata implementation.
That's a good point - I much prefer the app version of games because I'm not too keen on the UI of BGA but either way is a cheaper way to test a game before buying it in real life for sure!
There are some games I only play the digital version of. They‘re easy to handle, cheaper, shorter and give you the simplicity of a board game experience in the palm of your hand.