I agree. Solo staking is like running to work when you could drive/bike instead. You can eliminate the hassle quite easily if you stake with a pool.
If good prices for tickets are available and demand is low then yes, because you can pay the default fee of 0.01 dcr per kb.
But when that is not the case and you end up having to pay for example 1 dcr fee per kb, that translates to a little over 0.5 final cost per pool ticket whereas solo it would be 0.3 dcr for the same ticket.
I prefer solo-mining because lower fees. But then there is need for reliable low-latency connection and staking-machine. If there is lack for either one, i suggest stakepool.
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