Too many years spent apparel sewing and hand sewing hems on little girls dresses, so my feeling is "Sewing machines were created for a reason, so we should use them."
And my hands just can't do all that hand sewing so I machine sew to the back and machine sew to the front. I have done it enough that I have it down to a science and can do a very nice corner miter and nice miter to connect the 2 ends. I want all my quilts to withstand the test of time so the machine handles whatever I throw at it. I haven't heard a complaint yet when I have gifted a quilt with a machine sewn binding.