I think its partially neutered, not captured. And yes, that was done by a scammer, CSW. Core cannot exert control over policy like in the early days, and that's a situation that we will all have to live with.

The PR that kicked off the conflict was Luke's filter PR that got NAKd. The current situation, despite it being fueled by misinformation, is okay. If you need a specific policy on your node, run a node software that implements that.

Instead of endless drama, all that energy would be better spent making knots better. Hardening the processes. If it is true that the installed base of knots has grown from 1% to 18%, then there's 18x the responsibility now. Plenty of work to be done, so everyone stfu and work hard.

Please see this post here #1079571