My suggestion of the kiss was more about tying the film better with TLJ. As it stands, the way Rose is treated is rather jar jarring.
I believe most fan-editors either edited the kiss out of TLJ or pretend it didn’t happen, and seeing as Rose’s basically been demoted to extra in TROS, a sudden kiss at the end is going to feel even more out of nowhere than the one on Crait. Now, about the Stormpilot shipping, I agree queerbaiting is indeed an issue, but not really among TROS’s biggest flaws (though if hints of attraction between Finn and Poe were made to be more consistent between the three movies I’d actually buy it as a “bonus”).