Well, how do you decide on the number of bytes? 40? 80? Maybe the close friend of an OG Core dev has a business that 80 is bad, but 83 works? Do you just say why not 85, *it doesn't matter that much*. Point is that Core or Knots devs or whoever has the mantle can be subtle influenced. Not true with fees as the filter - much more neutral and ultimately fair. Core does not want to be in charge of filtering. Let the community deal with it - which seems to be whats starting to happen