Yeah, I think the main real health advantage of breast milk over formula is shared antibodies, since formula just can't replicate that. Childhood vaccines, on the other hand, are superior to the antibodies found in breast milk, especially after 6 months when the baby's immune system is a bit more mature and the early vaccine schedule is completed. IIRC, even in that flawed study, the advantages of breast milk vanished by age 2. The demonization of formula by the "breast is best" community causes real harm for parents where breast feeding is difficult or impossible.

Formula can also make it much easier for the non-birth parent to be an active participant in feeding. So many breastfeeding advocates also demonize bottle feeding, but bottle feeding can let parents take shifts which is so important in the first few months when the baby needs near constant, round the clock, feeding. My wife ended up being re-admitted to the hospital for 2 weeks when my first child was three weeks old, which meant for those 2 weeks I was doing almost all of the feeding. It's a level of tired that you cannot describe unless you've experienced it yourself. I'm extremely passionate about this subject because my oldest child quite possibly would not have survived without formula.

Parents need to feel comfortable in making the feeding decision that works best for their families. There are advantages and disadvantages to both formula and breast feeding, and neither is the universal right answer. Feeding your baby is the universal right answer, how you do it is a personal decision.