I'll go backwards as I haven't cruised since COVID - but am booked for next May.
COVID was the final straw - those folks stuck on ships in their cabins for way too long. NO WAY I will ever be in windowless room, and I would be hard pressed to do anything other than balcony. It gives us sunshine, fresh air, the ability to be outside and the wall of glass makes the cabin look SO MUCH BIGGER! Add to that a hump cabin and your balcony is almost double in size. That means they bring us more furniture. Everything I book on any trip going forward will be impacted by what we went through in COVID. Honestly I thought post COVID I would never cruise again. I didn't want to be trapped on a ship. But I do have to consider if there is ever an issue, I want access to outside.
Our first cruise we did Balcony Guarantee because the price was good and what did we know about location. We ended up with a great deck/location and we loved the glass wall. DH said at that point balcony only and he isn't bothered by the non-window like I am.
Next cruise we booked Promenade View which gave us a huge bay window and window seat looking out to the Promenade. It was just DD and I and we were connected to SIL & Cousin. We'd leave door open most the time so it felt like a suite. We didn't feel closed in with the window but since so many of us we didn't spend much time in cabin at all. Rest of our party had indoor cabins and it was claustrophobic. No way for me.
Rest of our cruises have been Hump Balconies and I really don't want to get anything else, maybe try a giant AFT balcony one time. We love breakfast or drinks on the balcony, my DS likes to sit out there and just chill with music or books, if facing right way it's GREAT for sail away. I've gotten up very early to watch the lights as we pull in to some ports and it's just beautiful.
Next cruise we have 3 cabins with balconies ~ one Hump Ocean Balcony, one Ocean balcony a few doors down and one is across the hall in a Central Park Balcony - still outside but facing the interior garden of ship. That balcony was a change we made from an Inside during a sale which ended up being less than Inside.
We cruise the bigger ships which have TONS of balcony cabins and therefore the cost difference to inside is not that much. I'd rather save and wait a few months to have a balcony.