There are other advantages to manual transmission. Last time I bought a car, manual transmission was cheaper.
Manual requires less maintenance.
It is possible to get unstuck in mud and snow with manual transmission, by engaging clutch rhythmically, and rocking the car. I have never seen an automatic transmission which could do that.
With older cars, it was possible to push-start a manual-transmission vehicle if the battery was dead. It is not possible to do that with automatic. For some reason, newer shift cars advise not to do this trick, but they don’t explain the problem.
If you learn manual transmission, it opens up the ability to operate all sorts of other vehicles, like old farm tractors, many trucks, and even tanks. Might come in handy! Many race-cars are manual.
Tough to push start any newer car now because they need electric power to the computer to run everything including the fuel injection