Painted my deck with stain instead of paint, now I'm on side one of the argument

Last month in Portland, I grabbed a can labeled 'deck and siding stain' and slapped it on my old pine deck, figuring it'd protect like paint but look more natural. Three weeks later, the water beads up fine but the color is blotchy as heck, and my neighbor swears stain is better because it soaks in and won't peel like paint will. So which is the real DIY move for a first-timer, paint that hides mistakes or stain that's true to the wood, and has anyone else had this same split opinion?

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