I hear ya brother .... I'm running Knots . As soon as I heard the issue ... OP-RETURN 100,000 ... I was thinking, "NFTs, bloat". Along the way I posted as quickly as Kratter and Mechanic (not that I have 1/5th their IQ) ... about the threat.
Just last night .. it occurred to me .. wait, what? I was ying in bed and a YT podcast attempted to cover the issue and within 20 words I had them figured out ... they described Jamison Lopp as a "senior Bitcoin Dev" and I almost vomited in my bed.
That's when it occurred to me ... Bitcoin is now resting on like 4-5 Devs. A plurality just left and there's new players ... I doubt they have any Bitcoin. Visually observing other Core defenders .... I'm getting that creepy feeling.