Another aspect is longevity. Even though diesels have been "ruined" in my mind, they still last easily three times as long as gassers with regular maintenance. My old pre turbo naturally aspirated 7.3 is still running tip top. Since 1992. It won't produce the HP or Torque that a new diesel will, or even not as much as the gas version did back then.
But it'll keep doing it forever. Those old diesels, you'd never get their first, but you'd always get there. Newer diesels are laiden with **** they don't need, but are still far more likely to hit 800,000 miles than any gasser I've ever heard of.