I completely agree that growth is a result, not a goal in and of itself. Fundamentally it represents what people, given the open market of all possible solutions to their problems, choose. We want to create the best software experience because that will help people choose Open Source vs proprietary solutions, which even if they don't appreciate it at the time will be better for them and the web overall in the long term.

Thank you for recognizing we were willing to walk away from React because of the license. It was chosen because of technical merit originally, but was a day or two away from delaying the entire project 6+ months to refactor.

AMP is interesting but no decision has been made there yet.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and a generally excellent comment.