Node limits created a network stability problem and we had a fair vote from inside the wallets by our community.
You can check this out this link about the voting with pictures, evidence and details
And how was it possible to run new nodes over the limit?
Someone "hack" this project using an old version of the wallet :-D
Funny - but that's the truth why there is no limit now ...
Voting was later ... because there was no other way ...