I think I agree with your worries and that you're asking the questions more of us should want answers to. Lopp's affiliation with Citrea already bugged me and I do think it's more par foe the course than is great.
By all means we should listen to those looking to build, but they shouldn't get veto power over concerns about preserving ALL of the functionality we currently have.
Risking L1 to work on L2 is the height of folly. I get that Agile is all the rage in software development, but it frankly should not shape the ethos of Bitcoin development.