Auto ISO is the same concept; you're surrendering control of the exposure to the camera.
Bad choice of term. You're not surrendering anything. You have a tool that can calculate optimal exposure in a thousandth of a second based on a multitude of different input parameters, there's no reason not to use it, much in the same way that you don't NEED to rely on autofocus, you can use manual focus.
I find it odd that some photographers think that you need to shoot in M all the time or you're somehow not a real photographer. I'm probably shooting mostly in Av mode except in the rare case that I'm after fast action, and then it's Tv. I use M mode for things like macro photography where I'm taking shots slowly and I'm more in control of the variables, or on studio shoots where I have a specific studio flash speed/power dialed in. But all other times I let the camera deal with all that crap, because it's much faster than I am. And that means leaving it on auto ISO most of the time too.
With mirrorless cameras and more intelligent scene analysis AI, the camera's ability to get a better exposure than you can do manually is only going to increase.
I'm all for those starting out in photography sticking with M for a while as a tool to understand properly how the camera works. But once you've mastered that, using the camera's capabilities properly isn't cheating at all.
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