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I think its a good idea not having wlroots everywhere, its important so that people dont just assume every wlroot extension is available
People advocating for Xorg make exactly the opposite argument and wlroots got a home at FDO for a reason. Also, this is not a move away from wlroots on technological grounds, it's because the Hyprland developer got banned because of his behavior.
Hyprland never used wlroots itself. It always used a fork of it.