Idk how you can say its objectively better. PoS is literally subjective consensus. Not sure if you're being ironic, but here's a short lesson if not:

In PoS validators can build two different ledgers at zero cost, and the only way to know which ledger is the real ledger is to connect to the network and see which ledger all your peers consider to be valid: i.e. subjective decision

In #bitcoin, there is an objective way to determine which ledger is correct: choose the ledger with the most work. No matter what your peers say, or what the devs say, you know the 'best' ledger is the 'heaviest' ledger. No subjectivity allowed.

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Ethereum maxis will even admit this... its not exactly controversial. Ethereum sacrifices objectivity to save electricity. #bitcoin burns electricity for objective consensus, because Bitcoin was built for the real world, where you can't trust your peers to be honest.

I should have clarified what I meant.

Ethereum was built to build decentralised technologies with smart contracts and the EVM.

I know Bitcoin now has a form of smart contracts but they’re still simple in comparison.

Not sure how that relates to the OP, however, sacrificing objectivity does not empower decentralizaed consensus. At best you'll get decentralisation without consensus (e.g. everyone forms their own truth), but more likely you'll get centralization. As it pertains to OP, idk how this can be considered an improvement to Bitcoin

I’m still new to decentralised technology and cryptocurrencies so I’ll get things wrong.

I’m not saying that Ethereum is overall better than Bitcoin. I’m saying it serves a different purpose through the use of smart contracts.

Bitcoin could develop its smart contracts out more but I don’t see that being the right move. Bitcoin is a form of currency. Ether is as well but it’s used more for paying fees for running smart contracts as opposed to goods and services