In reply to Peter.

Many devs will abandon WP and head for other platforms to make them more compelling than before.

When will this mass exodus of developers begin? We've seen this same claim for over two years now, but it has yet to start happening.

WordPress 5.3 had 645 volunteers, which is the largest contributor group ever for a release. I don't have specific numbers at the moment, but I'm certain that plugin and theme submissions haven't taken a dive.

I'm not arguing that there won't be some folks to leave the project. However, this claim doesn't seem to be rooted in fact.