Excellent, Andreas, so you are an expert voice of what happened.
Tim Chambers basically seconds an opposing view of #ThreadsDefederation on ranea.org, portrayed quite convincingly on ranea.org by #CoyoteTracks.
I can see their points but find others lacking (Fedi user tracking by #Meta, minority harassment, cultural aspects like inclusion, etc.):
https://indieweb.social/@tchambers/110693143880574672
With your hindsight of what happened with #XMPP, what is your take?