I read all of these pedal threads. I may be an oddball in that I use both. My road bike has clipless. My touring bike and my MTB have platforms. My MTB used to have clipless. I had platforms on the road bike but switched to clipless about a year and a half ago. I can see myself switching back to platforms. If there is an advantage to clipless, It is not readily apparent to me. There are disadvantages that have been apparent. I cannot recall my foot ever accidentally coming off the platforms. I can recall a number of times needing my foot to come off clipless and not being able to get it to come off quickly enough. I have also had a number of instances of struggling to get clipped in after a stop and my foot coming off a clipless pedal when I "missed."