I made my point more clear in this later comment thread, in which we are talking, where I said:
> I think a key problem here has nothing to do with the merits of XSLT, but is that some parties involved have no credibility when it comes to their intentions.
There is a long history of conflicts of interest in Web standards (de jure and de facto), and my point is that regardless of the merits of removing XSLT there's a big problem of the lack of credibility of some.
It's that history and credibility that is inviting impassioned pushback.
The dialogue makes a lot more sense once we realize the credibility problem.
If we ignore that credibility problem, we'll be banging our heads against the wall with how crazy the dialogue is.
Once we acknowledge the problem, we might be able to move forward, and perhaps even improve the root problem.
I think a key problem here has nothing to do with the merits of XSLT, but is that some parties involved have no credibility when it comes to their intentions.
They might not even realize how bad their credibility is, because they operate in a self-serving echo chamber.
XSLT isn't a tool for surveillance capitalism, nor for glossy product brochure presentation, nor for captive passive doomscrolling video experiences, so it must be actively excised from the global knowledge network hypermedia standard.