And given how both mental models are reasonable, I think a lot of the preference is going to come down to what you're used to. For me it seems to be tied to mu

And given how both mental models are reasonable, I think a lot of the preference is going to come down to what you're used to. For me it seems to be tied to muscle memory too? Because I've noticed that when I play using a Gamecube controller I prefer the camera's x-axis to be inverted, but when I play using a modern controller I prefer not inverting it.