I'm not going to explain the history and rationale of the UCM all over again, it's all detailed in post #1 of this thread. The opportunity for debating and voting on the individual rules happened back in 2006-07. The nature and objective of the project was outlined from the very beginning; it was made clear that this was the one and only chance for people to have their say about how they wanted to have Transformers counted, or forever hold their peace. That window of opportunity has since closed. Complaining about it 7 years later doesn't seem terribly constructive.

And remember that this is all voluntary. At the end of the day, if you find the counting method and the survey project disagreeable, then feel free not to participate.