Adapt or perish. That's the way life works. Ask Charles Darwin.
Classic is not the next step, it is a power grab.
You are the one making an assertion, the onus is on you to back it with some evidence.
Evidence of absence. You don't have a list that proves the overwhelming support for Classic, thus it does not exist.
Miners care -- they voiced their opinion. Merchants/exchanges don't care, so no need to compile lists "of every merchant."
Similarly to when some said they'd back XT until they didn't?