I might feel the higher string tension on a long scaler guitar a little bit. Still a well set up long scale is easier to fret than a short scale with a bad setup.
Differences in the fret spacing is only important if you stay on the first 3 frets most of the time. And then you might mostly use cowboy chord and it doesn’t matter much.
Going higher up the neck a long scale is more comfortable because you get a tiny bit more space for your fingers.
Soundwise my long scales sound a little more brassy (more high end harmonics) and a little louder. But the woods and the built have much more effect than the scale length.
All in all I don’t think it matters a lot.
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