We have a plugin architecture for a reason. If it's broken, then fix it. But force-feeding more and more into the core product in 2018 feels foolish, if not a road to no turning back.

Instead of the preaching from the pulpit (read: State of WordPress) perhaps it's time for MM & Co to do some more town meeting styled interactions? Sure his ideas play well with the WP Elites that surround him, but what about the rest of us? When was the last time MM spend a week or two in some of the WP groups on FB and got to know some of the _real__ struggles the rest of us have to live with (because of poor upstream decision making)?

MM should be challenged to spend a couple weeks as a WP prole.