Check for yourself; most developers don't work for and are not associated with the Bitcoin foundation.

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A message to anyone wanting to have non-paying users force developers to code certain features:

Open source isn't about democracy, but more closely related to a form of anarchistic meritocracy.

 I would suggest you migrate over to a different currency which matches your democratic ideals like perhaps a DPoS variation or a Fiat PoS variation where a framework is created where users can vote upon changes in the governing protocol rather than an open and free ecosystem where anyone can contribute and participate voluntarily without the majority forcing mandates upon minorities.