Speaking as a non-developer (so I'm sure there are lots of nuance I'm missing).

In a certain sense, this entire debate seems like "bikeshedding" to me. Its kinda like Bitcoin has been going along rather placidly for the last few years without any real pressing development needs. The features being added to core have mainly been bug fixes and small quality of life improvements....

Well, Surgeons like to cut. Lawyers like to sue. Coders like to code. Hence we are now subject to an intense debate that none of the regular users really care too much about. Both sides seem to make decent points on different parts of the debate, but its nearly impossible to discern if either of the arguments actually present a "crises" or not.

Throughout the debate lots of times I find myself sort of agreeing with the last point I read....and I can't really determine: (a) Is there really a problem, (b) Do either of the proposals fix the problem in a demonstrably better way than the other (c) Are the suggested changes representative of a more sinister plot / or is this just bored developers wanting to code?