The "lost the plot" part was directed at the note I replied to. Obviously all nodes being full nodes is not bad for decentralization.

I think/hope your rationale is -- if all nodes HAVE to be full nodes --> there would be fewer full nodes --> which would be bad for decentralisation.

But your phrasing is easily misinterpreted to something that sounds like people should prefer to run pruned nodes. Thats the way I read it the first time.

My point with respecting the signal from a substantial amount of noderunners is, since the problem the proposed change seeks to fix and the response is as controversial as it is, no change should be implemented. A better fix should be given time to be thought of.