Indeed, by any means should this be the only consideration. For some however this is a requirement that has to be met. You have made some really good points in your post with the major developer supporting the hard fork, and some currently develop exclusively for the hard forked ETH.
However, saying that a consensus was reach is not really the truth. 5% of all coins voted, the voting time was severely limited, and most of the votes came form big holders.
I hear you. I'm not really arguing about the conditions though, just the best path forward given the conditions.
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