as far as my own skating is concerned I'm with OP (regardless of whether I'm being filmed or not). as far as anybody else I don't mind, as Baron Samedi said some people will make it look sick, although personally I will appreciate people who respect the stance they happen to find themselves in mid line by responding accordingly not to break the flow. it's not so much about 'rules' as it is about whichever aesthetics were codified as normal in skating when you first started or discovered it, be it in the popular videos of the time or at your own spots, seeing what the older skaters were doing. comprising habits such as turn arounds, or switch mongo pushing, depending on your scene it's either the only respectable way of doing it (Mike Carroll talking about pushing fakie) or the totally wrong way (Cc: Ricky Oyola). once you've incorporated those habits into your own skating, then sticking to them for the rest of your life makes you feel like you're constantly paying tribute to certain traditions.
I think (especially street) lines where people don't break their own flow all the while retaining technicality on the tricks they use to revert back to regs (or turn around to switch for that matter) are an art form that's on yet another level of respectable; the tricks don't have to be hard ones either, just show control even on the basics. I think in reality, it's just that noone wants to see half-assed shit, be it a cheap non-popped half cab with not enough flavor to be jazzy, or a sketchy nollie backside flip going slow with a ticktack. everything goes, just put in some effort to make it look your own type of good, the rest is just technicalities and words. some good examples and counter-examples in this thread for instance.