I’m not technical, and my bias/inclination is to lean towards bitcoin as money and not allowing “spam.” I almost switched to knots before going deeper and learning that 1. Filters don’t work. 2. Filters at the relay level just create private mempools which increases centralization and decreases transparency. I think I have a decent grasp on the topic and at this point i think mechanic and the filter team are just wrong and making incorrect claims about the way bitcoin works. End of the day if a transaction follows the protocol rules and pays the fees, it should be allowed. Fees are the filter.

running core 27.0 passively waiting for some signal ... my mempool is empty as I'm filtering out any tx less than 1 sat/vbyte

Knots anthem slaps