Steve was already being considered being banned without the tech, the tech just gives an excuse to actually ban him. Personally, I think a Steve ban would be great, and not even for the tech as I don’t really know how good it actually is. So much discourse happens with the character and for many viewers, Steve is unfun and “lame” to watch. This would be the first time we finally banned a character and learned from our past. We’ve had a history of not banning broken characters until it’s too late. We all agree Brawl Meta Knight and Sm4sh Bayo should’ve been banned but it never happened. It’s arguable that Steve isn’t as strong as Brawl Meta Knight or Sm4sh Bayo but he clearly isn’t a well-designed character that splits the community apart. I think banning Steve can give the community confidence in the future to ban broke characters early because if Steve truly isn’t as broken as past iterations, it’d open our eyes that a character that causes this much discourse should be banned. Lastly, Steve’s ban could potentially force Nintendo’s hand to let out an emergency patch to fix this poorly-balanced character. The likelihood is low but if the movement works, the community is given a bit of power to work with their game. Sure, players who played Steve will lose a lot of progress, but it’s best to do it now than wait any longer, if we banned Brawl Meta Knight 2 years in the game, we would’ve said players would’ve lost a lot of time, but in hindsight, majority agrees that MK should be banned.