It fails for the towing use-case, but I feel like if your truck isn't being abused you probably aren't using its hauling or off-road capabilities to any significant degree.
What makes the biggest difference is the tyres you have on a vehicle are suitable for the terrain you are using them in.
In the US, Australia, Canada etc - pick up trucks or utes are just a symbol of working class just as much as Tesla and Prius's are for the green-friendly crowd.
(But yeah, you definitely don't need to be using your 4x4 pickup as a people-mover most of the time, and even most hauling applications a truck performs can be handled by a car with a rather modest trailer.)
Maybe it’s “city slickers” not understanding that a lot of people own boats, or trailers, or jet skis, or just plain haul shit every day and they need a bed in the back and real towing capacity that will handle well with a trailer attached on the highway.
If you don’t have a lawn, so much as a lawn service, I guess it’s easy to forget why anyone would need or want a truck?
Looking forward to the Rivian and Tesla trucks hitting production and for so many minds to be blown by how much fun and how capable they are.