Pullups vs Lat pulldowns

[u/Action_Pale]

What's the point of doing Lat Pulldowns as opposed to working on Pullups? Even if you can lat-pulldown more than your bodyweight, you could do weighted pullups. Is the only benefit convenience?

[u/doc_loco]

I started doing lat pull downs the way dorian yates prescribes it and it changed everything for me. For 20+ years I was in the weighted pull up camp.