(This post gives my personal opinion only, not speaking for ECC, as do my other posts in this topic.)
I had been under the impression that, for protocol changes at least, the bias toward maintaining the status quo in case of disagreement was a quite intentional feature of the 2-of-2 agreement.
It seems entirely reasonable to me that if there are substantial, irreconcilable differences between the ECC and Foundation over whether a particular protocol change is beneficial to the network and its users, then that change should not go ahead.
In other words, I am in full agreement with Josh Cincinnati when he says:
Matt’s response also brings up many valid points. I urge Zooko to reconsider.