The tide, perhaps, is turning. Following bitcoin’s price crash by $300 after some exchanges stated they will not follow the longest chain in the event of a hardfork, George Kikvadze, Executive Vice Chairman at BitFury, publicly stated:
“Discussions (or even speculation) of PoW change are super irresponsible! And even in the remote 0,01 prc chance it may happen, those responsible, we will spare no resources, get best lawyers and prosecutors to go after you wherever you will be in the world!