I don't know who in the "every side agrees on" I was able to vote on but I sure as hell don't want to remove author or curation rewards. What the hell is left for the average person? Even my decent (meager in some circles) stake of 19k would be something I wouldn't be able to grow. I and countless others would say fuck it and just leave.
The allure of a place like Hive is that a lot of different types of content can be rewarded. I know some doesn't and that's got a bunch of reasons behind it, I don't see the point in ruining something completely like that because a few people are upset.
You wouldn't have to "grow" your stake, if you weren't losing value every 3 seconds due to the massive inflation rate (to fund the rewards pool)
That's not how the whales feel. They are actively zero-ing out users, and if anyone speaks out, they bash on those people for "being only about rewards"
The only thing that would be ruined is the power of a couple people to decide the visibility and rewards of everyone else.