Took me a bit to realize your question. I am actually curious these days what the range of digital typically is too. I haven't been paying attention to technology changes in the last few years. I am pretty sure about 5 years ago that color film had a least a stop more range than digital. I could be wrong.

As far as bracketing goes, I still bracket the same as I would with film, which is usually 1/2 a stop each way.

I much prefer taking incident readings whenever I can. I am always happier with the initial result and always feel like I'm getting the best tonal range and saturation. Once I have that good starting point then I adjust exposure to taste if I feel it needs to be darker or lighter.

I've grown over the years to dislike all the reflective exposure meters in my cameras. The algorithms are just too complex and too easily fooled and I hate having to spend time worrying about what's in the center, how bright or dark it is, and how the camera's meter will react. Combine that with some of the even more complex options such as tying exposure to the active focus point and my brain starts to explode. This is the main reason I shoot in manual mode almost all of the time, and always select the center focus point. Too much auto crap. The only time I don't shoot manual is when the lighting is expected to change regularly.

I think incident meters are undervalued by a lot of people.