dumb question: i took a look at https://miningpoolstats.stream/ethereumclassic for ethereumclassic and f2pool.com seems to have ~64% of the total hashrate... is that a takeover as well ?

I mean, it means that eth classic's ledger is rewritable on a whim by that that pool, if it has central control.

You don't mean to suggest that a scammy cryptocurrency entity that is currently bragging about attacking a competing system might ... lie to people???? Is that possible?

Peek the % of unknown miners in the pie chart at the bottom

Also https://moneroconsensus.info/