In reply to Bastian.

This is how it always work in WordPress. Some core devs propose a significant change, then they open some discussion channels to make it look like they’re listening to the users, and finally they close them and say thanks to the community for participating but a decision has already been made.

This 100%. We’ve seen this before. It’s is a recurring strategy to push unpopular ideas. Nobody seems to mind that lot’s of WordPress users do not participate at all in the community. And you just cannot make decisions on their behalf.

Very curious towards a legal point of view.