Lyn..tons of respect for your intellect

But don't you think it is hard to appropriately price storing data FOREVER?

The issue is fiat agents can bloat the network with NFTs and pass on the fiat mispricing to node runners. The OP RETURN debate can be a bit of a red herring bc it does not adequately address the root problem. BUT there is an unadressed problem introduced by ordinals and it HAS to be addressed. Filter afficionados are directionally correct.