Scanning on the subway and seeing a bunch of "cutting in line" traces, to be honest, the most directly affected by MEV isn't the big players, but those who think that just because they clicked to swap, they'll get the current quote executed: slippage gets eaten, transaction order gets changed, gas fees become even higher... and you didn't even do anything wrong. If the sorting entirely relies on miners/validators and bots working in sync, then the so-called "fairness" becomes a matter of who can run errands better and who dares to bid higher.

It's a bit like the recent NFT royalty debates: creators say they can't survive without collecting royalties, traders say they die if they do. On the chain, it's the same—everyone wants "better execution," but someone has to pay the cost. Anyway, whenever I see routing that doesn't clearly specify protection logic, I get a little nervous, so I hold back for now... I'll go back and dissect how it actually queues when I get a chance.