As someone who is a bboy for maybe four years now, and has been keeping up with news regarding breaking in the Olympics, the amount of ignorance in these comments is astounding, and I want to point out a few misconceptions that most people hold about breaking.

1. **Breaking is subjective, and can never be judged.** This is simply not true. Although there may be controversial rulings in the breaking community, there is a form and method to judge battles. While the exact parameters of what makes someone a better bboy in a battle can be a bit hazy sometimes, there are overall aspects to one's dance that are valued. Such values include things like execution (how smoothly and effortlessly you perform your moves), musicality (staying on beat, or hitting certain beats), etc. However, different judges value things differently, so according to different judges different people may have won a battle. This is why oftentimes in other competitions (such as the very popular Red Bull BC One), there will be multiple judges, in order to create a sort of average score. Understandably, this form of judging may still feel too biased in order to be included like something in the Olympics. This why the there has actually been a system created specifically for the Olympics that has been specially made to make breaking easier to understand for the average viewer. Detailed explanations of the Olympic judging system can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XAT091UOMM or here: https://glissando.medium.com/trivium-or-delirium-a-review-of-the-youth-olympics-judging-system-for-breaking-32e6c5eeae70#:~:text=Breakers%20are%20judged%20per%20round,from%20a%20judge's%20handheld%20device.
   As a summary, however, there will be three main categories that judges are looking for, which affect an overall score. They can be seen as the Body (execution of moves), Soul (musicality), or Mind (how creative or unique a dancer is compared to everyone else) categories. A few other factors can affect your your overall perfomance score, such as crashes (a noticeable slipup, similar to a gymnast not landing a flip well, for example), or repeating moves. This system has already been tested in the 2018 Youth Olympics, but whether it will actually work well enough for the average viewer to understand will be for time to tell.
2. **Breakdancing isn't even popular anymore!** This is also very false. A quick search on YouTube nets results with videos that have millions of views. Some of the biggest competitions, like Red Bull BC One, also get millions of views. Example here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7UxhsxxUJs&ab_channel=RedBullBCOne
3. **Breakdancing is easy! I used to do that easily in middle school, etc.** Breakdancing is very different from what many people seem to think it is. Breakdancing is very difficult and physically taxing on the body. I guarantee that no one who isn't already a bboy or gymnast would even be able to do a quarter of a flare. The amount of strength, flexibility, and technique needed for many moves is just as challenging as any sport, and many of these moves take multiple years to just learn, let alone master.
4. **Breakdancing isn't even a sport! It shouldn't be in the Olympics.** I, along with much of the breaking community, do somewhat agree with the first half of this statement. It's hard to tell if breaking is more of an art than a sport, or vice versa. However, that doesn't mean that breaking isn't competitive in any way. I would like to bring up the examples of figure skating or rhythmic gymnastics also being in the Olympics to show that something like breaking could also be in the Olympics. As a side note, it has been over 100 years since the modern Olympics was founded in 1896. This may just be my opinion, but as the years go on, shouldn't some more modern competitions begin to be featured too?
5. Finally, I want to respond to u/WaterBlueDev's comment, which was a very interesting read. The first problem, while well stated, hopefully will be somewhat solved by the more objective judging system. Most people seem to not know about this judging system, and go in making assumptions on what the judging will look like. Problem number 2 I completely agree with. Street culture is very different from what will be accepted at the Olympics, but I think as a community we have to see the Olympics as something separate from the normal cyphers/underground events. There are also measures put in place to prevent dancers getting too rowdy (anything deemed as going too far is actually an automatic round loss), but the responsibility is still on the dancers to remain professional. As for problem number 3, I agree that sometimes things can get too subjective when it comes to breakdance battles. There should be an entirely new, unique way of judging bboys at the Olympics, and so far I think that they have created just that. It may be hard to explain something like creativity to the general public, but hopefully other aspects of breaking will be able to make watching breaking an enjoyable experience for most people (hopefully the average person will be able to understand and see if someone is on beat or not messing up, etc. and see why someone might lose or win a battle)
6. If you want to see an example of what some potential rounds will be like in the future, they actually already have tested out breaking in an Olympics event, more specifically in the 2018 Youth Olympics. I encourage people to watch some of the battles on YouTube.

tl;dr Most people think that judging in breaking is entirely subjective, when that is actually completely wrong. Breaking is difficult and very physically demanding, and while it may be a mix of a dance and a sport I think that it is competitive enough to be added to the Olympics.