Bitcoin is just another untrustworthy shitcoin if you take away all the pleb noderunners.
Core wants anything on chain and expects plebs to die on that hill for them.
Knots isn't just saying "bitcoin is only financial data". They are DOING SOMETHING about it.
Cores version of bitcoin will die on a long time frame by a million papercuts.
If you want bitcoin to run for centuries, run knots.