as i understand it, the logic of the OP_RETURN deregulation was something like this:

- witness data has to go into the database, increasing the space required to store it

- OP_RETURN data can be pruned out of it

- the cost of relaying OP_RETURN data is higher

- so the spammers won't use it anyway

problem is, they are doing this instead of remedying the witness discount, which could totally kill spam altogether, especially combined with default OP_RETURN policy remaining as it was before the current release

why aren't they plucking the low hanging fruit instead of essentially opening more shitcoin use options that they won't use anyway? was this supposed to be some kind of peace gesture towards shitcoiners?

nobody in their right mind opens any doors they don't want people to just wander in, at all

and if they have a door open, they close it and lock it so it can't be used to get in freely

there is no need for big OP_RETURN data, at all

but there is a pressing need to eliminate the witness discount

it never should have been introduced in the first place

if they were serious about fixing spammy content on bitcoin they would not be wasting everyone's time with this half-baked nonsense, combined with troll armies making deceptive arguments that somehow excuse what they are doing

they are wrong, and Luke was right, and no self respecting node runner wants to do what they have tried to force on everyone, because:

a) it's empty and meaningless

b) it doesn't solve any problems, and

c) it makes them look like shitcoiners