Why ordinals? Why not just in OPRETURN? To save on fee?

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Why ordinals? Why not just in OPRETURN? To save on fee?

I'm just confused why outputs need to be inscribed as an ordinal and not just a new protocol? If ordinals is just abstracting main chain for a shared delusion then why not abstract something new?

I'm not hating. Just very curious. It's a key design decision.

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