@p0oker There was very limited interest in raising the OP_RETURN size when I brought it up about a year ago.
Play the Devil's advocate, what's the harm in allowing larger OP_RETURNs? I guess it clutters the blocks, but since we have to send multiple TXs for message, the overhead makes us use even more bytes in the long run. We still pay per byte, so it's not like a larger OP_RETURN would directly cause heavier usage. Right now, I don't think anyone's worrying about it.
playing devils advocate to your devils advocate, what's wrong with stringing txs together like member does? If it comes down to overhead then that in turn comes down to cost. If we upped op_return some miners could respond by upping fees to 2 or 3 sats/b.
Only that the overall amount of bytes used is more, & I think the main complaint about larger OP_RETURN is bloating. I suppose there's a sweet spot. Unintended Consequences.