User blog comment:MisterWoodhouse/The first migrations to the Unified Community Platform/@comment-46542221-20201127182106/@comment-1038387-20201127195327

Optionality is not an option. The goal is to unify and update the software to streamline maintenance processes. Because the Legacy is unmaintainable. Having both would not only undo any intended target, it would actually make it worse.

You may see it as Fandom being disagreeable, but on the other hand, you can be seen as unrealistic.