I think the best news out of this is hopefully that it seems you (as Canonical) have shifted away from "This is not a democracy. [...] we are not voting on desi

I think the best news out of this is hopefully that it seems you (as Canonical) have shifted away from "This is not a democracy. [...] we are not voting on design decisions." and the (paraphrased) "This is good because we [Canonical] made it!"