I did read all the comments in this branch and I disagreed with the way you put something.
You didn't "defend" the dev stance but you called someone considering a fork due to the unwanted features "threatening the dev", probably due to the fact it's a negative outcome to them, but somehow you are okay with the dev making the arbitrary decisions that are negatively impacting some users.
You cannot have both. They're either allowed to walk away branching out, or he's not allowed to make "threats" to them.
And you cannot pretend you're engaging with my arguments in the good faith while ignoring clou of my comment and calling it "knee-jerk response" instead, LOL.