Not all Core devs are compromised but the majority is gone rogue. Corruption unleashes the worst from people.
But you and me, and many more Bitcoiners are not allowing it. We run Bitcoin Knots and other Bitcoiners refuse to upgrade to the compromised Core V30. That is what counts.
The risk for this scenario to happen has always been there. The good news is that we have a choice and we can vote with our nodes. And we do it 🤙