Forks aren't by necessity bad. A committee with the authority to roll back the chain over transactions they don't like is unacceptable shitcoin BS.

You're the only source I've heard claiming they want such a thing.

Really disappointed to hear that. Read BIP 444 for yourself. Written by Luke but submitted under a new nym and a new github account to mislead people. It creates a "soft fork" that grants them chain rollback power. They are lying about it being a soft fork. If they never rollback no point activating it. If they do rollback it is a hard fork from the people who don't, no way around that.

The main benefits are lost if a trusted third party is still required - Satoshi