I think it is the right decision. I have two Bitcoin transactions unconfirmed since days and I sent them with 42 and 61 Sats per Byte. This is much fee and still it is not confirmed. The current Bitcoin design has reached its limit and the developers and decision makers should really come to a solution which holds for longer otherwise many more similar projects will follow.
Perhaps it could be changed for notarizing with LTC instead, I am sure it is possible as it has already been said by team members that they could do that, it would also show how adaptable things really are with KMD.
I don't know how much work would be involved but it is an idea.