I don't think it's unwillingness, but rather willingness to leave things as they are.

Yep. You nailed it. Even the political drama queen Robin Hoods of the reward pool are profiting from the way things are. If things were fixed, some demagogue would loose their raison d'être.

I think they are looking for the community to find a solution on its own, although this is far from being close.

Any community driven solution would be inefficient by definition compared to a fix at protocol level.