not really, multitouch means you need both hands free to zoom in and then move the page around because it doesn't keep the focal point. I actually find it somewhat cack handed, and when i see people using it they invariably place it on the table. I prefer rotate to zoom, and it can be done one handed in portrait. Besides, i would always take the multiple benefits of resistive over one possibly more convenient facet of capacitive. Without resistive, our icons would need to be bigger thus losing screen space, using the phone wiith damp fingers or in the drizzle rain wouldn't work and we'd sacrifice mypaint.
Technology history is filled with lesser capable innovations taking the lead, so just because capacitive is more popular by manufacturers doesn't mean much. And users, well i find most capacitive users had that as their first touchscreen and know nothing of actually using a resistive. I doubt many would care if resistive was the indusry standard, and if multitouch was implemented on it not a single soul would care. The same is not true if resistive stopped being used