It's a funny thing… people always feel like they have to "take advantage" of everything, even when they don't really want it.
With most cameras it's quite possible to shoot digital the same way that you did film. Well, at least for prints. Use a small memory card, turn off the instant review, shoot sRGB JPEG, and after you've shot your 25 or 37 photos take the card out and put it in the kiosk at Wal*Mart or Target or CostCo or wherever and order your prints (my apologies for the US-centric list of stores).
Nothing is forcing us to take lots of photos, to review them in-camera, to shoot Raw, and to post-process. For many people photography is all about the photographs, but for some of us it's more about the process. Mike Johnston often compares photography to fishing, and I'd say that many people approach digital photography like they've got a diesel-powered trawler equipped with sonar, big nets, and huge live wells. Nothing wrong with that, unless what you really wanted was the fly-fishing experience.
A couple of years ago I realized that I was in photography for the process, not for the photos. I went back to shooting sRGB JPEG, to not post-processing, and to using the discount store minilab for my prints. For me, it's put the fun back into digital photography.
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