Makes bringing up a new node dependent on other nodes having consistent
uptimes, particularly if you are on a low-bandwidth connection.

This is already the case and always has been.
 
NAK

No blacklists

If you're volunteering to store and serve the chain no matter what it contains, indefinitely, then you're free to have a no blacklists policy and serve up data transactions for no cost. Otherwise, other people will do whatever they want.