I agree. I do love the smell of line dried clothes. But since my yard is ~16' x 14', I have to be quite motivated to put up the clothes line. There's limited space to put it and it gets in the way if I leave it up. I have a drying rack that I use for clothes with elastic or spandex.I dry mine outside too. I don't
have a dryer apart from a little portable thing with a tent over it (a gift) which I rarely use. Dryers are death to underwear and other items with elastication in the fabric (as are radiators). And don't talk to me about what they do to knitted woollen garments!!
Anyway, as you say, things dried in the fresh air smell lovely and , of course, fresh air is free. If it rains I put things on the clothes horse in the kitchen to dry over-night.
I'm a bit of a dinosaur!
The thing about wool and dryers can be used to advantage. I don't really knit, but I do crochet. Crocheted garments, like sweaters, tend to "grow" over time. When they do, I put them in the dryer and check them every few minutes. I pull them out to dry flat, once they have shrunk back to the right size. I find that it works better than blocking.