If I answer you no then I'll be lying. Even though my hope is for us to see 1 btc equivalent to 1 btc some day with the price of fiat mean nothing to us, the current movement of the price still gives us the indication in how well accepted btc is and its demand. I do agree with your reasoning but until the I will still closely follow the btc price movement.
Yes the price of bitcoin really matters.the higher the price of bitcoin the bigger earnings you can get.if you want to save money then you can save a lot,if you also wanted to invest you can invest alot if you have plenty of bitcoin as of this time because bitcoin now is very high price