Well, yes, a fingertip on a resistive screen is just as inaccurate as a fingertip on a capacitive screen. Not much you can do about that.

It is true that you need to actually press down on a resistive screen. I kind of prefer that, though; with a capacitive screen, I'm never entirely certain how close I need to be to the screen. My HTC M8, in fact, will trigger just by getting your finger a millimeter or two from the screen -- you don't have to touch it at all. Other screens require me to get a certain amount of skin onto the screen to actually activate. So I end up hesitating when using a capacitive screen, worrying about accidentally triggering something if my fingers (or any other skin) ends up getting close to the device. I feel more confident about my control over resistive-screen-based devices.