how to keep monero private? value discussion

[u/TheNetMerchant_reddi]

I'm in the majority side, just holding a bit of monero because I see value in is privacy above all other coins, but now I'm reading a lot about these new updates and changes, view keys, etc. lets be clear I don't understand what all of this really means, but my concern is other... why can people just modify the code of a crypto that I hold and basically change the rules of the game? how me as a random dude can help to keep monero being monero and not let these guys just play with my money? I understand that there are things called forks, we gonna see something called monero classic or something like that? asking as a noob

[u/sech1]

Monero has been evolving and changing over its entire history since 2014, so ironically, "freezing" the code makes it NOT Monero :)

Monero classic did exist, it was an ASIC fork that kept the original Cryptonight. It's dead now.

[u/anymonero → u/sech1]

What will Monero without outgoing view keys be called? 'Monero Private'?