"That's capture." yes, in a way and from a certain perspective it is a technocratic capture and an obfuscated shadow governance structure. but it is fairly decentralized and resistant to outside forces trying to capture it (which was a big concern of the OGs).
anyhow if you all are upset about OP_RETURN, i can't wait for you to learn about the taproot annex!
https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/1974#issuecomment-3324451016