If this PR goes through, you can still set a limit on OP_RETURN data and you would still be in concensous.
Discussion
While using the updated version of Core with the PR? It sounded like they're removing it completely. My Core nodes are using default settings for OP_RETURN
They are removing it but it can still be added in in a fork like knots and you can run that and be in concensous. The change just doesn't give everyone a fence by default and lets users pick their own fence if they feel it's necessary.
Yeah I know, I'm already doing that. I'm not worried about falling out of consensus. I'm trying to help everyone see the apparently intellectually dishonest shit the Core team seems to be doing and make sure they know they are enforcing the rules they want to enforce.