You're talking about a new version every couple of weeks still... Nodes don't auto update. The reason this was done in policy is because a hard fork is not achievable.
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and it still doesn't work, since it would be easy to get around with librerelay. lots of wasted dev time for nothing.
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.
Spam was not "under control" there just wasn't a protocol for spam yet. And it was far more costly before ordinals. On chain activity has decreased substantially.