Although I agree with you Andreas that it doesn’t give a good impression on the whole WP organization not speaking with one voice regarding this issue, I think the good part in Matt´s response is that he/they clearly do listen in and are responsive.

Btw, maybe a somewhat naive question/viewpoint, but isn´t Akismet sort of already what these core plugins are intended to be? (I admit not being fully up to speed with all discussions on this topic).

Why not figure out a way to tag stuff so everything regardless of source is shown on the same place?

"Covering all of Internet" hashtags would be nice... If someone would have a go at that, I have a good domain name. :)