I don't see ordinals as an existential threat to bitcoin. More of an annoyance. They will get out competed by more dense real transactions if or when monitary transactions increase. Separately a quick lookup of 4 tb hard drives shows you can easily get one for under 100 USD which is easily attainable by any hobbiest and pushes any real concerns about not running a node out 10+ years imo.
Discussion
If bitcoin cant fill blocks with something more valuable than jpegs...then it will be filled with jpegs....
I see no problems here, lets all move on :)