Thru hikers have been moving to low stack trail running shoes for a while. They dry faster and are more stable. I haven’t seen any hard data on the pros / cons, however.
I have a pair of custom-made heavy-duty (and heavy) hiking boots I use for backpacking and other strenuous hiking. But I wear "trail shoes" a lot these days. I'm not sure how convinced I am for a lot of weekend-to-weekend stuff that high top lighter-weight boots are a major improvement given equivalent soles.
The problem with a lot of hiking shoes is that they are still rather tall like tennis shoes, when hiking I'm not "pounding the pavement", I want something puncture resistant with a low center of balance and grip or tread around the edges for gravel and loose rock and decent tox box protection (since I have the bad habit of shuffling at the end of a long day and don't want to stub my toe.)
The higher the top, the less debris ends up falling into the shoe, though. Of course, you could just strap on a gaiter instead as most thru-hikers do.