Yes, that's understandable. But this is beating of a dead horse.
But what matters now is that by doing some small investigation i686 users can still get
support for their bugs which are common for both platforms. This doesn't require any
formalities like SIG or commitments which they can't make and it is always available
for anyone who can afford to spend some additional time if such bug affects them bad
enough.
I think this could work better than previous attempts at keeping x86 SIG alive. Of course
nothing prevents some volunteers to do above work on behalf of other users or create
mirrors for distribution of i686 packages. But this is not critical to keep things
running.