I used to be into photography back in the film era. I gradually figured out that what I liked was the process -- taking the photos, getting the focus and exposure right, developing the film, using the enlarger and making prints -- but then I never looked at the photos again. So I've basically stopped taking them. It was all just a lot of effort for zero return. As a result, the camera is the least interesting feature of a smartphone for me.
I read this comment and all I thought was "that's a real shame" that you stopped taking photos just because of the end result. You said yourself, that you liked the process. Surely in this case, the journey is the reward, not the destination? It doesn't matter if you don't look at the photos anymore, the time you're spending doing the aspects of the hobby that you enjoy more, surely that is enough to satiate the appetite?
Even if you just stop at developing the film, and then storing it in a folder / booklet that has the 35mm film sleeves inside them (yes, you can still get those), you can do like 80% of the "fun" part of your photographic journey, and developed film in a folder will only take up the space of a decent sized book on your bookshelf.
For what it's worth, I started with DSLR photography and am now (as of late last year) getting into film photography and really am enjoying it. I don't develop my own film, I send it off to a lab, but I still get a thrill out of the whole process, even if I'm not involved in some parts of it.
Yeah I just lost interest I guess. For whatever reason, I just have zero interest in taking pictures of stuff now. Even as cheap and easy as it is to do digitally, I just never sit down and look at the photos again so it seems like a waste of time.
