ICP tokenomics has never been presented as a passive investment. Voting rewards are intended to incentivize participation. Some people will want a more passive approach and will get the lower voting rewards that come from their current neuron configuration to vote on routine business only. Others will want to maximize voting rewards by voting on everything. Either way, only active participation is rewarded at whatever level is chosen.
I don’t think this change in proposal weights and following map can be characterized as a rug pull. This change was first presented in the forum at the end of November and deliberated for 2 weeks. The NNS vote on proposal 34485 was overwhelmingly in favor. This daily proposal campaign started 15 days before the change was implemented. The change was widely communicated on all social media platforms.
Hence, in my opinion, all reasonable attempts to communicate his change have been made and it is up to each individual neuron owner to pay attention and respond accordingly. This includes voicing an opinion of opposition to this change, which so far has not happened. It would be helpful if anyone in opposition would speak up so everyone can take their user experience into account.