Why Do Developers Choose to Implement or Remove ASIC Resistance in Their Protocols?

Developers implement ASIC resistance to promote decentralization and egalitarian mining, ensuring the network is accessible to a wider community of miners using commodity hardware (CPUs/GPUs). They may choose to remove it later to achieve maximum security and efficiency, as ASICs offer superior hash rate per watt, or if they believe the decentralization goal has been achieved or is no longer the primary concern.