My understanding is that the primary motivation of pushing RISC-V is always about creating (or at least attempting to create) an open ISA and hopefully bringing

My understanding is that the primary motivation of pushing RISC-V is always about creating (or at least attempting to create) an open ISA and hopefully bringing greater transparency to CPU architectures, arguing whether it's RISC, is not an irrelevant issue to many. In a parallel universe, I would be happy to use a "CISC-V" chip if it exists.