I like spotlight! I definitely agree that a story’s plot (and narration style) needs to be suited for spotlight. I preferred the old spotlight (if it was even called spotlight, I honestly don’t remember ahah) because you could have multiple characters on the screen at once, but I’m gradually liking the new spotlight more and more.
I think authors should choose spotlight if they genuinely think their story will suit it, not because they think it’ll be less effort since there’s not much directing required. (Despite the “less directing” stereotype, while a lot of directing isn’t required for spotlight, I’ve seen some great stories that made advanced directing work with overlays and mini-games, which isn’t a requirement for me to enjoy a spotlight story but really does add to the experience).