Ruling bodies should have added an optional model local rule to require the removal of the flagstick. Also rule should be once flag is removed it is not returned until play of the hole is completed by everyone in the group, you want the flag in play out first.
So you believe the choice regarding the flagstick should overrule the order of play? No way IMO.
You are, of course, correct; making the flagstick more significant than the order of play would be impossible and crazy.
Fwiw, the only time any of this is an issue is when one guy wants the stick out, and everyone else wants it in. I had this exact situation in the first round NC Super Senior Championship this past Tuesday. One guy pretty much always wanted the stock out; the other three of us preferred it in, or didn’t care, depending on the particular putt. It was a little inconvenient at first until all of us connected with what each other wanted; after that, it was a complete non-issue.
The interesting thing to me about the “new” flagstick rules is that pretty much nobody ever asks for the pin to be tended anymore. Players want the stick in or out. Don’t know what that means, but it’s interesting.