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TCU is 99% 4 peg street edits, which as you don't like that style of riding, would explain why you think they're dire.
I was having a conversation with an older (40+) rider I know recently and he was begrudging "slow" technical street riding. He's admittedly a very opinionated individual but his view boiled down to what people do on bike when they're kids, i.e. go fast and jump as high/far as possible. He thinks it's crazy that so many people who currently ride BMX are rarely ever more than a couple of feet off the floor. With the proliferation of 4 peg street riding, propagated by the more fashionable companies and TCU, he's probably got a point.
All that said, BMX is meant to be a freestyle activity so even though many people will be heavily influenced by trends or their favourite riders and that may not be his bag, I can't help but think that his complaining whether something is or isn't BMX is ill thought out on his part.