At least, till now, it seems that ZenCash team (by now, it is Horizen team) have made smart decisions to change the algorithm.
Being ASIC-resistant is one of the most important things to maintain good ROI for miners and partially prevent terrible Replay Attacks, alongside with high required confirmations, Secure Nodes, Service nodes, etc.
GOOD RIDDANCE. They've sold out. Hello Monero and that's the coin I'm promoting from this day forward.