I so wish people could understand this. Knots was never a problem, no one fought it until the 110 scam came along.

Knots started out simply so you could filter what you allowed on your node. That is individual sovereignty. No problems with that at all.
Ironically putting all the spam into OP_RETURN made that VERY easy as it is a space for arbitrary data, which is why Core did it in the first place.

You can just ignore/filter/not keep this data with no ill effects on your node or your copy of the Block chain. OP_RETURN is essentially a garbage bin.

Someone other than Luke should restore this with a constantly updated version of Knots so those that want to run a node and filter can.
Those who were sucked into 110, you might just be shocked how many people you think are enemies would be your allies in this.

Again NO ONE ever had a problem with this! Many of us actually ran Knots until the 110 issue was forced and its leadership started lying to the plebs about what a node could and could not do.