I am a new convert to clicker training. I love it. I just started trying it when I was looking for methods other than the ear pinch to teach a formal retrieve to my dogs for obedience.

I just recently got the book Clicker Training for Obedience by Morgan Spector, and it's great. I am now in the process of retraining my dogs using only clicker training, and my next dog will be raised from a pup using clicker training as well.

I think clicker training is good, but the thing I don't like about it is having to have the clicker on you all the time. I'd rather use my voice as a mark for the desired behavior.
I used to think the same as you. But with my dogs I found they picked things up so much faster using a click than with me using my voice. Once they have whatever I'm teaching them down I switch to using my voice and they don't seem to have a problem with it. But of course all dogs are different