For POW coins, some people think that only anti-ASIC can be mined fairly, in order to prevent the concentration of hash rate and ensure decentralization. But other people hold the opposite view. They believe that it is ASIC that strengthens the security of coins. For CPU mining algorithms, large data centers or cloud computing vendors can easily launch 51% attacks.
Do you think anti-ASIC is necessary?
I honestly think anti-ASIC will make mining cheaper and accessible for all. That's true decentralisation. Currently Bitcoin cannot be mined by any average Joe because of its entry barrier. But anyone can mine XMR as it a CPU mining coin. So this makes mining more decentralised and accessible to all.
But it comes with a certain amount of risk as you have correctly pointer out. So in that case, I find POS is a viable alternative for mining as it's safer for the environment.