a) a blockchain where it's cheaper to transact, but all the users on that network believed themselves to be in a position where they could tell me what I could or couldn't do,
or
b) a blockchain where it's a little more expensive, but all the users on that network had total respect for permissionless freedom,
Then sign me up for b)
Lucky for us there are more choices than your two. Like a third option:
c) A blockchain where we allow monetary transfers to be recorded on and reject malicious transactions trying to use it as cloud storage. Like when we reject any transaction containing more than 1 OP_RETURN output.
And up until the malicious Ordinals Attack everyone had signed up for option c and I don't see any indication of people having changed their minds.