I also don’t want to get too far into the back and forth right now, and am working with someone else to put together a comparison of options that includes using the status quo
This would be my stance, and this post has not changed it. I think that the mechanism that exists is a good one, that we have reason to think the silent fallback is bad from other places it happens currently, and that people are so afraid of trusting users to understand why updates are necessary if presented with the information, and that as a consequence, we aren’t even trying to design the feedback they would need to have this be a smooth transition. The assumption that it will be painful is self-fulfilling if it prevents people on working on solutions that can be smooth.