In retrospect, given the current state, breadth and nuance of the -mempoolfullrbf discussion, I think it's fair to say that the PR25353 adding the config option would not have been merged. It was merged relatively quickly, following which we began to hear feedback from affected users and from the most experienced currently active Bitcoin Core developers who think the most deeply about these issues and who proposed reverting or postponing that change in various ways for reasons that I consider valid. To that end, it may have been wiser to release v24 without that controversial change. In general I believe Bitcoin Core should move slowly and carefully and when in doubt choose prudence.