For me the decomission of PoDC is a painful but necessary step, at least if we aim to reach a much bigger audience.
If it has to be this way, it's probably much better do it now rather than in the middle of a new cripto summer (and risk losing that momentum).
I also see as an advantage the increase of PoW role back to a 20% of the mining rewards, I think it will help strengthen the network more than with what we have now.