"Automattic wants to put their funds toward native Gutenberg projects" ...
"Pods is a project that spans beyond Gutenberg."

This is the first head to roll.

Sorry for Pods, I hope they can manage enough donations. I don't use Pods but anyway I just send them a small one-time donation, purely symbolic.

So we are going to be forced to use GB sooner or later.
They decided this, so it be.