I think it’s the stuff that’s “piling up” that is causing some of the disenfranchisement. Can’t use most USB-C chargers, can’t USB boot, video acceleration is broken, HDMI problems popping up, etc...
Perhaps expectations are higher than they used to be?
Noobies won't remember how USB boot came to be in the first place.
Or how long it took for X to get fixed or Y to now work.
I think I had Zero's for about a year before I got around to using USB OTG boot.
What would I use Pi4 USB OTG boot for yet?
Yes USBboot does compile on Pi4

so I can use Zero's at least.
More needs to be known about the 2711 to be able to do anything with it.
USB-C chargers? Have you read the spec for those?
Not going to be done with $0.50 worth of parts.
Yep, the Pi4 is broken, should never have been released.
Yet for the past week this 4B1 has worked fine for me as a desktop.
Nobody is talking about OTG on USB-C (it's opening new possibilities btw ...)
Nobody is thinking that 512k of EEPROM onboard may solve other things or even help customizing the boot without the SD
Or USB controller on the PCI-E
I keep getting warned for brain dumping, so I better not say anything except I think about it, a lot

I'm dancing on Rainbows.
Raspberries are not Apples or Oranges