They are clearly, deliberately ignoring this request. Why? To your point, one can only conclude that they want to upsell us to a more expensive version, whether...

So what is in it for them to keep stonewalling us on this request? Are they trying to force us to upgrade or to use classes instead of tags?

So what is in it for them to stonewall this request for literally years?!? Are they just trying to force us into a more expensive version or into using classes?