Spencer, Taylor, and the satellite titles are all canon and relatively cohesive. I may not love everything but I think it's unfair to say there's nothing in them that reflects on the core of the character to some degree (well, at least when needed, because does a Black Cat and Venom book really need to reflect Lee and Ditko?). I think Marvel Action is fun but I don't need to see every Spider-Man story be Peter, Miles, and Gwen but it's there for those that do (and it seems like the next iteration is going to be solo Peter as well). Just like how I don't jive with MCU Spider-Man the way others do.
I feel like every Spider-Man story being seen as an AU after OMD is just people trying to write off all the Spider-Man stories that have happened since then. Not all of them have been winners but I think there's been enough people have enjoyed and invested in to make it worth keeping and not completely write off. I doubt that's what Spencer is going to do with wherever he's going with this.
That's kind of what I'm saying. I'm not seeing where the Public Domain would shake things up to a positive effect compared to what is already happening with the property.In some regards, Spider-Man is already public domain in terms of the creative element.
Can we completely write off all execs and editors as not trying to fulfill the original version of the character? We can't expect that all creators working on a public domain version of the property would be all that more likely to respect the original vision rather than wanting to do their own take.
I respect wanting artists and creators to get more bang for their buck for their work but the cats out of the bag on that one in terms of the Big Two, which is probably why creators create original stuff for their runs that they can still get credit for with adaptions. Although would Spencer get credit for media use of Kindred since it turned out to be Harry?
I know corporate baggage is automatically seen as a negative in anything but if you look at the franchise comprehensively I'd say some of the stuff various fans enjoy about it can be traced back to "corporate baggage."