jm NÔ¶ùpýBAE#ý¬_|5ñÑ' ¸L®I think you're right. Just a matter of getting enough momentum of miners to change the setting, but it may be good to just remove the setting entirely. It seems "anti-usage".
https://whatsonchain.com/tx/b24594a48488b4a862f143922813ededaedd45b36fbed016f0e3d71e4f8c9d33