Variety would be nice.  It is a unfortunate that people are making it an either or choice.  Both styles of content can coexist if those who have the staking power would stop moving the pendulum from one extreme to the next.

It is up to the larger stakeholders to get together and talk.  This polarization and entrenchment  of opposing views is an environment that produces conflict.  They need to cross 'no man's land' shake hands, call a truce, and talk about how to act in ways that encourage growth for both parties.