Nope, you can also have huge returns by investing in the stock markets assuming you pick the right stocks. The power of Bitcoin is that we finally have money that we truly own without needing to trust any centralized entity, while at the same time being really really scarce.
You are very correct. If the author of tread checks Tesla or Celsius Holdings equities - they will be amused that the YTD return was way higher than BTC return. A lot of Chinese equities also outperformed or performed at least as good as BTC. It's a matter of personal preferences and knowledge. Besides, as you correctly notes "The power of Bitcoin is that we finally have money that we truly own without needing to trust any centralized entity, while at the same time being really really scarce." - very correct point.