I used to feel the same way. — Until the arrival of so many new TLDs.
Since then I always use www, because mentioning www.alice.band in a sentence is much more of a hint to a general audience as to what I’m referring to than just alice.band
I just redirect the other way round, so those ever rarer individuals typing in domains are also served fine on my websites. And also to automatically grab the https.
I just find it's ever slightly more "honest" to have the server name I mention, also be the one that's actually being served. -- And that's also because I'm quite annoyed at URL shorteners and all kinds of redirect trickery having being weaponized over the years.
So I optimize for honesty and facilitate convenience.
But this pretty subtle stuff and I'm not advocating anymore. -- I don't think it's that big of a deal either way and I'm just expressing my little personal vote and priorities on the big Internet. :-)
So my post wasn't intended to change your mind, but more as a bit of an alternative view and what made me get there.
I used to feel the same way. — Until the arrival of so many new TLDs.
Since then I always use www, because mentioning www.alice.band in a sentence is much more of a hint to a general audience as to what I’m referring to than just alice.band