> I provided analysis supporting my position that the project maintainers most likely did not make this policy based on "literally just 'thoughts and feelings'" and, instead, made an informed policy based on experience and rational discourse.

That position would look better if they hadn't relied so heavily on feelings to justify the announcement:

>> Their operations are causing concerns about the huge use of energy and water.

>> The advertising and use of AI models has caused a significant harm to employees [which ones?] and reduction of service quality.

>> LLMs have been empowering all kinds of spam and scam efforts.

There is no experience or rational discourse involved there.