Macros in v8 (should they be used?)

Questions
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I am new at Umbraco and have only used v8.

I watched a video learning about Umbraco 8, but now I can’t find that video… But in the video I think the dev said that going forward we shouldn’t use Macros in Umbraco since this would be phased out (or something like this).

But I can’t really find any info on this, and I can’t find that video again. :exploding_head:

So is my memory correct? Or did I inhale heavy CPU-fumes while watching the video..?

I did find this discussion, but it is from 2016:
https://issues.umbraco.org/issue/U4-8964

Is it “best practice” to use Macros in v8? Also going forward, regarding updates and so on?

Thanks!

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://our.umbraco.com/forum/100351-macros-in-v8-should-they-be-used