They are not for everyone, some can’t tame the ugly sounds they are capable of.
They also have to be well set up. I guess that goes for any guitar though.
I love em, I even have some with humbucker pickups.
I really wanted to like the USA Strat my wife bought me for Christmas around Y2K. I finally sold it a couple of years ago after going through three or four sets of Strat pickups, humbuckers, P-90’s, couple of nut changes, etc. I finally admitted that I am not a Strat guy but I admire anyone who plays one proficiently without fiddling with the switch and volume and tone pots every fourth measure. I prefer the shorter scale length of 24.75” but like playing some Tele’s just fine. I play mainly clean and never picked up a Strat that sounded good clean. Boosted, yeah. With a good amp and pedal, anything can sound good.