Only argument I heard, not that I agree but, is future proofing by abstraction. What if a simple getter evolves into something more complex. Then You'd have to

Only argument I heard, not that I agree but, is future proofing by abstraction. What if a simple getter evolves into something more complex. Then You'd have to refactor all the places where it was using the fields. I personally never had to do this so I'm not sure if this is a real benefit.