50 here. Have a triple crank bike and will never get rid of it. I often used the full range of gears. Lotsa hills where I live.
When I got my bike over a decade ago there was a choice between the triple or compact crank. For a while I was regretting the decision of the triple due to the "coolness" factor. Now I'm soooooooo grateful I picked the triple. In fact, I upgraded the cassette for more low and high range gears and its perfect (11-28 cassette 50/39/30 chainring changed from 12-27 cassette) I love being able to switch the chainring to make large jumps (like coming down a hill and immediately climbing another).
I think the 1X chainring thing is interesting but you will always get more range with more chainrings. Besides, I'm not convinced the 1x approach is a great tradeoff of weight from the bottom bracket to the back wheel. I do like the move to simplicity though.