they could have just added a new P2PKH schnorr signature transaction type. it was on the table back then, i remember ranting about it one time after reading up on the options that were being discussed.

instead we have witness discount and a bloated scripting signature algorithm that leaks the spending keys immediately instead of only at the moment of spend. and why, is my question, does taproot not have a limit on push data size?

i remember also the hype around pushing people to roll out taproot and once it hit like 10% of nodes using it the ordinals arrived.