Yes, some Bitcoin people still hold on to the idea that somehow layer 2 or layer 3 systems will somehow make Bitcoin practical for regular payments again. But

Yes, some Bitcoin people still hold on to the idea that somehow layer 2 or layer 3 systems will somehow make Bitcoin practical for regular payments again. But largely that's been abandoned for the "store of value"/"number go up" speculative use-case which is easily 99.99% of the point of Bitcoin today.