BlockBeats News, January 21st, Vitalik responded to community viewpoint questioning, stating that the future of the World Computer (ETH) is decentralized. The Ethereum Foundation (EF) is just a part of the World Computer.
Perhaps some people who wish to reform and elevate the organization to new heights are actually not the Ethereum Foundation, but ConsenSys (or a similar third-party organization).
The Ethereum Foundation should not "compromise," but should confidently represent the Ethereum space it can effectively represent while consciously creating and nurturing an open space for other organizations to represent other aspects of Ethereum. These other aspects may even be more suitable for operating in a for-profit form in a sense.