Its pretty obvious that the folks at Linux aren't going to just say fuck the WiFi stack because the current sole maintainer is stepping down.
Also, it being a sole maintainer doesn't mean no one else would could do it.. Its probably a job that this person was able to handle solo and now that the position has become vacant, another will step in.
If this was some small niche I can understand the concern about the potential of having it go unfilled but WiFi / wireless is crucial.
I understand the sentiment here, so this isn't directed at you, but I've never understood the at least they didn't physically suffer idea. Sudden fear and confusion right before death is awful.