So you answered the question right? Spam was under control until the taproot change, and inscriptions in 2023. IMO- It was another spam event, which was handled before in Bitcoin history: satoshi dice, colored coins, and counterparty. All blocked by policy filters and SOCIAL DISINCENTIVES The difference today is the core dev team redefined the documentation and pretended a bug was a feature. Plebs are now saying enough is enough.