I have no problem with quote share, actually this is written from a friendica account so I use it, even tho mainy to crosspost to D*.
That said:
> Ultimately, quote posts are a must.
No.
They are not a must. Code creates culture and environment and if in this case the coders of mastodon decide to do so or not is a decision about the culture the platform evolves.
> More people want them than don’t.
Who cares, they can go where quote sharing exist's, it's that easy. Actually that's why we created a descentralized system in the first place.