I'm wondering why Apple is doing all these wonky, hard to remember and quite frankly stupid key combinations for various things like resetting PRAM, internet recovery of the OS, booting disk utility and so on.If they are not going to bring it back then they need to update some of these protocols for accurate timing within a given sequence.
Just replace ALL of that nonsense with ONE key press: OPTION, which is right there on the keyboard. Put an on-screen indicator showing the squiggle while the computer POSTs, so people know they can press it. Then show a screen with alternatives which the user can select from, and BOOM: DONE.