This is Audio Science Review, right?
So discussions of audio related matters should be based on available data.
First off, sales of LPs are going up. There appears to be no end in sight. Telling people they are morons for embracing the media serves no purpose. I think, knowing the limitations of the media, we should point people in the direction of ways to get around those limitations.
I remember from all my years of playing LPs that I had fewer problems playing pop records than classical or new age records. This was because absolute pitch wasn't as important to pop and the dynamics of most pop music is more restricted than that of other genres. Looking at the genres of music most likely to sell as new LPs we can see a related trend.
A number of people have already pointed to phono preamps as a major source of audible clicks and pops. I remember three tube phone preamps I used - the preamp in the Dynaco Pas 3, the preamp in the Fisher 500C and the preamp in the Scott 299B - as having fewer clicks and pops than what I experienced in my 1970s solid state receivers. The tube preamps may have had a better margin before clipping.
And, of course, having the overhang and vertical tracking angle of the turntable dialed in results in less audible distortion.
The limits of what's audible and what's not is another consideration. Yes, the noise floor of digital formats is lower than analog formats. But how low is low enough? I think this depends on the sorts of listening habits and the types of music of the auditor. Mahler symphonies require a wide dynamic range. Fleetwood Mac doesn't.
Being able to tell people what sort of gear works best for the music they listen to is helpful. There are plenty of folks in this forum that listen to historic recordings, like Blues records from the 1950s and 1960s. The dynamic range and frequency response of these recordings is limited compared to modern recordings. Many people here want to play older records they have either collected over time or acquired, perhaps from relatives.
The issue is not and never has been, what format is, technically speaking, the very best. The issue is how to get the best results out of what we listen to in the formats we have.