Ha. You hit a topic close to my heart. I run several Meshtastic relay nodes and travel with a Meshtastic client.
I want to like Meshcore, however when there are 100’s of meshtastic nodes within 100 miles of me, and only a few Meshcore, it’s hard to justify dedicating hardware to it.
Mix in the paid license for Meshcore, and the rivalry between them, i’ve been sticking with Meshtastic for now.