increasing the blocksize up to the point that our technology will allow so that it does not compromise the principles of decentralization and financial freedom.
We are already well past this point, as many people have stopped running nodes because they couldn't justify the expense and the inconvenience of having their connection seriously burdened.
Now the question is not compromising these principles much more, because past 200KB or so they are already compromised.
Let's not even question this again because it's well known by now.
I disagree, I'm a very well off European with very cheap internet access and I personally don't think it is inconvenient nor expensive to run my node. Third-world problems are not my problems.