But that wasn't my point. I said that for electrum to "go with bc1***" on their own was a serious mistake. Think of it as a business mistake, not a technical one.
Better would have been at some get together, for a half dozen of the major players to announce support for bech32 "within a year."
I would view this from a different perspective. Electrum already has a large user base so by going first they will encourage others to follow. Some will start to hassle sites about making withdrawals to bech32 addresses and this will speed things up. Other wallets will not want to lose market share to Electrum if people switch to it because of this, so they will feel pressured into making it available as well. At least that's what I hope will happen.