[mylife]

Most cooks say that adding milk or cream actually causes the eggs to “bind”

Not any cooks I know.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

Instead of "cooks" I should have said "TV and YouTube 'chefs'". They also say not to add salt until the end to prevent binding, but I add salt and pepper before scrambling so everything is mixed in completely.

My mom taught me to add milk and even Philly cream cheese or sour cream.

My palate is not sophisticated enough to tell the difference between eggs with or without cream or depending on when the salt is added. The real trick is just to cook them slow and keep stirring. Everything else is in the noise.

P.S.: Alton Brown is insufferable. He always seems to add at least one ingredient that is either real expensive or rare. He has a series on how to whip up things from leftovers which invariable includes "necessary" ingredients like Himalayan pink salt or similar.