And you can turn all those protections off on the Airbus, but there is absolutely no reason to do so.
Are you rated on the Airbus?
It just takes a sim session or two to convince you.
Back driven throttles, what are those?
My airline over the years went from Boeing 737 to Airbus 320.
I know not one pilot who really wants to go back to the 737, the tractor.
Why?
Tray table.
Tray table.
Comfort.
Good design ergonomics.
Big flight deck.
Protections.
Did I mention tray table?
Of course the Boeing is a good machine and we all enjoyed flying it.
It certainly has its plus points, it is not inferior at all.
The VNAV and autothrust work much better (not talking about moving thrust levers, which are obsolete on the Airbus and rightly so), the FMS is more intuitive.
But on the whole I much prefer the comfort of the Airbus.