They have always been meaningless, but the future trunks asspull was and is unjustifiable.
bold is not true. And when I say "power levels are bs" it's more so in reference to a lack of proper power scaling. Which runs rampant in this show. Theres also no real weight behind any of the actions taken. Nobody is gonna die nobody is even gonna get remotely hurt(senzu beans and dragonballs take care of that) , and chances are at the end of this the other universes will still be there.
Then there's the poor fight animation quality which was the only redeeming factor of the original dbz. Like tbh the only reason i watch now is for the 'slice of life' interactions between the case but even that's going to shit with goku being and all around dumbass.
Factoring all of the above (which i really shouldn't have to do it's my damn opinion) yeah, i prefer boruto to dbs. At Least they're not tryna sell me BS with nonexistent stakes, at least its a new cast that's getting fleshed out every episode. at least the animation quality is good.