Yeah. I use a lot of linear regulators. And they have even more advantages. For example, they are simple. They do exactly what you think they do. They don't leak. They don't create noise. They convert voltage right away and you don't need to wait for it to stabilise. And they have simple failure modes. You just throw in one part and it magically converts voltages. What simpler thing you would really want?
In most realistic designs you put multiple power supply rails in your designs because you need a lot of parts that don't need a lot of power but have different voltage requirements or might need voltage offset. In those cases linear regulators are perfect solution.
More than that, those power supply rails usually have standard voltages and there exist standard linear regulators that output those voltages to make everything even easier.
My strategy is to use linear regulators default and only use anything more complex on those voltage rails where I need to step the voltage up or where the inefficiencies would affect my design's performance significantly enough for me to care.
Oh, and use voltage dividers if you want to convert signal levels (unless it is fast signal and you care about signal integrity).
In most realistic designs you put multiple power supply rails in your designs because you need a lot of parts that don't need a lot of power but have different voltage requirements or might need voltage offset. In those cases linear regulators are perfect solution.
More than that, those power supply rails usually have standard voltages and there exist standard linear regulators that output those voltages to make everything even easier.
My strategy is to use linear regulators default and only use anything more complex on those voltage rails where I need to step the voltage up or where the inefficiencies would affect my design's performance significantly enough for me to care.
Oh, and use voltage dividers if you want to convert signal levels (unless it is fast signal and you care about signal integrity).