Replying to Different opinions on pow riding

Recently I have noticed that different generations of skiers have different opinions on pow riding. Speaking to some older shredders, (40+) I have noticed that they seem to like to be in the pow when skiing it. That is compared to the fat ski generation who seems to want as much float as possible. I have never really skied in deep pow so my opionion is useless but NS do you prefer to be floating on top of the pow or be in it?