No one is removing your ability to use Bitcoin how you want. It is Free Open Source Software, you can do whatever you want, because Bitcoin is Anarchy.
Anyone who says otherwise has something to sell you.
Gmax said it best: 
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too much drama maxxing,
too little gmax post maxxing
Fork me if you can, the message is loud and clear. And then they smear a fork.
Only one side has an issue with how consensus works at the. moment, and its not Gmax.
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