The effectiveness of the strategy may be immeasurable but it is the only viable option. Bitcoin is slowly becoming centralized. The only options we have to core making changes we don't like are to run an old version of core or run an alternate client. Refusing to upgrade is fine short term but long term can be problematic if there are bugs in the software. Mining is centralized but datum and ocean are making it more profitable to decentralize. If Bitcoin is going to continue being what it was created to be we must push back against bad ideas. Even if it fails, is it not worth the fight?