To clarify my position, since I've replied in many threads for the debate of the day, I wish that an OP_RETURN limit was part of the chain consensus rules, but I don't disagree with removing it from node relay filters.
The "is it spam?" discussion is a distraction. It doesn't matter. We're talking about whether or not a currently existing feature of bitcoin should be changed or not. That is, on chain OP_RETURNS, not the filter on Core.
Much like the fullrbf debate, it illustrates the state of reality about how bitcoin actually works. Bitcoin is not the filtering rules of a single node implementation. Removing a filter doesn't "change bitcoin forever" if users can already bypass it.
I think some good that will come of this is a renaissance of alternative implementations and, less as likely, a possible consensus change.
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