BCH didn't win, but it could have. It is not clear to me that BTC will never change monetary policy.
People can hard-fork away with any monetary policy but that simply won't be Bitcoin.
Would Bitcoin remain dominant over altcoin with changed monetary policy - that is another matter - and indeed not 100% certain.
BCH didn't win, but it could have. It is not clear to me that BTC will never change monetary policy.