The actual TL;DR of the debate as I see it daily:

- spam is bad

- filters do keep your memoool clear of spam

- they do NOT keep the blocks clear of spam

- spam is bad

- filters are high maintenance, and core a) doesn't have the resources to fight VC powered attacks, and b) doesn't want nodes to rely on them as a centralized filter update point

- spam is bad

- using OP_RETURN for some smaller size payloads can help limit UTXO growth

- spam is bad

- shutting down GitHub comments was an action against spam on GitHub. The discussion is supposed to happen on other channels, and that is widely known.

- reopening the comments to allow one ACK was rightfully seen as a braindead provocation

- spam is bad

- tragedy of the commons problems like spam can only be prevented by fees or force. Fees are in place, force is impossible b/c digital and pseudonymous

That's all I can think of. Oh, and: spam is bad