Even though I did not intend to say we should have SATA and HDMI on the RP2040 itself (I didn't know if it was possible), it still proves that having realtime control on the IOs opens the door for way more functionalities than SPI/I2C/UART specific ports. All of it using the same SoC and potentially less pins.
Having the same level of control on any device would be beneficial in my opinion.
Even though I did not intend to say we should have SATA and HDMI on the RP2040 itself (I didn't know if it was possible), it still proves that having realtime control on the IOs opens the door for way more functionalities than SPI/I2C/UART specific ports. All of it using the same SoC and potentially less pins.
Having the same level of control on any device would be beneficial in my opinion.