max. supply of ether is now 105,061,446.3125 , but according this article , is there going to be a max. supply 'forever' ? 
This is starting to get serious, the supply is now close to what Vitalik proposed as "maximum" months back. Hodlers will lose confidence in ETH, if the maximum supply is now decided and coded.
Adopting a maximum supply of ether coins would undoubtedly render Ethereum more attractive to investors.
Ethereum was created as fuel for smart contracts. Now this path for development is clearly abandoned. Ethereum devs don't care about smart contracts anymore. Only pressing issue is how to preserve the value of their ethereum investments. They want to promote it as store of value. The problem is as store of value bitcoin is unbeatable!
the main plan has not changed. it seems to me the team just understands that smart contracts can be made not the main direction of development. as an option to make sidechains.
yes, there is disagreement, but in such a team of geniuses this is normal. the situation that is now when fuel for transactions at peak times begins to grow very much in price and this is the moment that needs to be corrected.