Yeah, well, BTCers are obsessed with full nodes (not miners) when those actually don't do that much. All they do is transmit mined blocks. If your node, ignores certain blocks. It's as if it's not there. I've heard that the only full nodes that really matter are the ones that are actually used for lots of transactions. If those started ignoring blocks, it would be a bigger deal. Even then, I'm not sure why they matter. I'm pretty sure miners matter a million times more than full nodes. So grab yourself one of those lottery ASICs lol.
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Your node is primarily useful to verify your transactions and to transmit your transactions.
If all you're doing is transacting on chain, there's not a ton of reason not to prune.
A lot of people think nodes are ballots. Those people are going to slam into reality in 1 month and 4 days.
Archival nodes are required for some applications though. And yes, they are more helpful in letting new nodes bootstrap.
Also, miners don't matter unless they're generating blocks.
Full nodes like our bodies, need strong foundations, just like protein from animal sources.
