I've purchased my latest bike in over a decade and a road bike, where the last one I had was when I was a kid, decades ago. I've never used clipless and got the dual sided pedal thinking the same thing you guys mention. It's good to be able to use clipless shoes sometimes and other times just use regular shoes. Unfortunately, what I've found is that with the clipless shoes, I need to raise the seat just a bit compared to regular shoes.

Now I wish I would have just got a low cost set of platform pedals and a nicer set of clipless. I normally ride with the clipless. I guess if you're actually on each 50%, this is a good option. I think for me, I'll be 80-90% in clipless.