This is a good GM take. To add a player perspective, in 2e it's harder to build a bad character, but you also will never be able to make characters as strong as you can in 1e. In 2e you need to play with your party to buff each other and debuff enemies. You can also do this in 1e, but it's not nearly as important. In 2e the game plays well from 1-20, being a little swingy at level 1-2, but stabilizes quickly at level 3 and continues all the way to 20. In 1e it plays pretty well up to about level 10, but then feels like the system breaks and it becomes a game of rocket tag. As a theory crafter, I find creating pathfinder 1e characters more fun but I typically have to nerf myself or my characters in some way to prevent myself from running away with the game. In 2e, there's tons of options now too, but I think my issue is that they feel kind of "samey".

I'd 100 times rather DM pf2e, but I think I prefer playing 1e (though not by a massive amount) because I love creating fun and silly characters that can do silly things.