Well to be fair it's a 4 month period and powering down is not like all at once. You get 1/13 of your staked hive every week, if the bull market lasts 3 months you would have had time to withdraw most of your stake.
the "burn to exit instantly" is interesting although that could result in a lot of users getting burned when if there is a singificant drop and people panic sell.
Overall there are a lot of ideas being thrown around, I don't have a solid opinion on any of them but they are worth discussing in the hive improvement community.
I think it is time to stop thinking about power down times as a hostage situation.
A minimum power down period of 30 days is currently warranted due to account recovery. Anything above it just looks weird.