It's very sad that Wube would say that they won't be around anymore after 2 million years.

I think quality should be a standalone mod/dlc as it doesn't fit the theme of Space Age and is quite game-changing. I think this would appease the players who dislike quality and allow others to try quality in Vanilla Factorio.

People sure are overreacting over optional content. My first thought was also that this was some out-of-season April Fool's joke, but after some thought, the quality system is similar to production modules and beacon spamming. I've seen plenty of players who still don't use production modules and be...