Why Did I transition back to LrC?

Because of my 20gb space on my Photography Plan. And because I use the ecosystem. Then there was classes at the Lightroom Virtual Summit, LVS26.

One was "Next Level Importing" by Jared Platt. In 2021 I attended  "Sharing Your Work from Lightroom"

by Jared. That class taught me Adobe Lightroom was not just an editing program but an ecosystem.

 For I drifted from that when Lightroom introduced the Local tab in Lightroom CC, now called Lightroom Desktop. I was seduced by not worrying about the damn Catalog. I reviewed the pros and cons and decided what I was giving up wasn't that much.

Now after the the class at LVS26 I gave up to much. Shared Collections map to Albums in the cloud. Shared Collections don't count on my 20GB plan. From 2021 I can and share my work in any version of Lightroom.

That's enough for me. However YMMV, Your Milage May Vary.

Oh, don't forget about the Portfolio.