How has the quality of photography changed from film to digital photos?

From paper to the screen, photography has changed a lot over the past years. One thing to pinpoint is whether or not the quality of photos has changed from developing the pictures to just printing them out on a computer or sending them in an e-mail. I noticed that in my high school, the photography classroom was changed from going to a darkroom, to going on a computer and editing. The class to take and develop photos hands-on was no longer available to students. Fortunately, I was able to take that class before it was done away with. The process of developing photos takes much more time and may be painstaking, but I believe the result is very rewarding. Digital photography has made things much more convenient, and easier to publish and share photos. However, this convenience may have changed the overall quality and feeling of a photo. One can use software on a computer to edit and change an original picture. I believe that this can show one's creativity, but could take away from the meaning of the actual photo. Working in the darkroom and creating an original work of art seemed much more rewarding than taking a photo and changing it on a computer. The quality of a a digital photo could change from one screen to the next, but the quality of an original developed photo stays the same. The feeling your grandmother gets when receiving photos of that last Christmas in an paper envelope versus that attachment in an e-mail is much more cherished. She can put them in a frame or show them to other people by passing them along. Forwarding pictures may be easier online, but the quality of the photo may be lost. I guess that's what technology is doing, placing convenience before quality.