Bitcoin is still expanding and articles like this are extremely misleading for new people who don't know much about it.
For them, its "Free money" they get by merely holding their bitcoins. A win-win situation for both the networks that support this shitfork and people who want "free money".
These shitforks are only messing up the concept of cryptos for new people.
I just hope it doesn't affect the bitcoin mining pool, i don't think they are stupid enough to abandon bitcoin for this. unless they're exclusively paid for this, which i doubt.

"The project’s Founder and Lead Developer, Jaap Terlouw"
What? I wonder how lower could he go than calling himself founder of segwit2x
It's the same altcoin strategy, create shitcoins to fool people and get quick money outta nowhere.