Personally, I never understood pitting AoE2 and AoE4 against each other, they’re different in ways which can both be advantageous and disadvantageous depending on the personal viewpoint on each difference.
It’s absolutely possible and plausible to enjoy both, or for one player to enjoy one of them more than the other with another player enjoying the other game more.
Again, these are just my personal opinions, but I believe these posts bashing the ‘other’ game (whichever it is) popping up over the last several years aren’t helping anyone in any way.