I understand that many of the Core developers oppose a block size increase because it would make it more costly to run a full node. Right now a full node can be

I understand that many of the Core developers oppose a block size increase because it would make it more costly to run a full node. Right now a full node can be run on practically any computer. I got a pruned node running in less than a month this year using some 10-year-old hardware I had sitting in my basement. At this point, though, I see it as little more than a highly politicized flame war. Years of having the same arguments tend to make people grow bitter. The interesting thing (to me) is how little this debate seems to affect the price and adoption of Bitcoin.