I still prefer tearing. But I have been sewing and quilting for over 40 years and the shops all were tearing cotton at the time. I have found that when they cut it is not straight and I lose as much as 3 inches when I straighten the fabric. Now all the quilt shops and Jo Anns are cutting so close to a yard, many times by the time I straighten their cut I don't have a yard. I still tear my borders and backs and my quilts are perfectly square. When you tear you just need to be easy. I still respect and love my fabric. If you buy really good fabric the fraying is really to a minimum. Not all but many are acting like tearing is a sin, get over it, don't be so hard on those of us that also are really good quilters and prefer to tear. There is no right or wrong. It is a preference.