[HTC EVO 3D] il Duce:
Well it's been a while since I ranted, so here it is. This phone has been out for 5.5 months. We have 15 ROMs on the first page of dev, yeah just the first page. We have 20 themes on the first page in themes/apps. There are also kernels and icons and apps and so on.

When the evo came out, there were how many other "flagship" phones, like 1 or 2? SO where do you think the devs would go, to that one obviously. Now our smartphone marketplace is LOADED with flagship phones, so devs go all over. There's probably about 3-5 "flagship" phones for each carrier now, and they become outdated in about 3 months, it used to take 9 months to a year.

SO in my opinion, there is not a lack of development, it's just more spread out than it used to be. ****, we used to all have winmo phones and ppcgeeks (xda was mostly for international phones), now there's android, and a zillion forums. It's simply fragmentation. I think it's good honestly. I don't need 30 of the same (albeit slightly tweaked) ROM.

Any good dev forum (again, my opinion) would have a few frontrunner sense ROMs, a few aosp based ROMs, and some bleeding edge ROMs. We have that. We will continue to have that. I literally get angry EVERY time I see somebody say "waaaahhhh .... where's all the ROMs and themes" - ****ing MAKE ONE if you think there's a gap. I, and my team (d3rp) for the most part, didn't do much publicly up until we hit the 3D forums (except vee and kyle). We did this because we saw the gap, and sought to fill it.

If you think there should be a "true" aosp ROM (non-cm) - then ask preludedrew for his shooter build, OR take the CM rom and piece by piece remove CM - boom - aosp. If you think we need a froyo ROM, or a sense 1.0 ROM, or a touchwiz ROM, or what the hell ever, then build one. If you want a dayglo neon orange sense theme, build one. If you think there should be a black chrome theme, build one

If you want a kick ass sense ROM without sense, go to vaeleks place and grab his 3D build. NONE of this stuff is really all that hard. All that's needed is patience, reading, and a computer. In the last few weeks a few new-ish ROMs have popped up, and a few new themes too. We have good active kernel development. Some great new dev has also occured to existing ROMs, like slide to wake cap buttons on the sense 3.5 WTSB. Also the RCmix tweaks are in joelz 3.5 ROM, and they rock. Also twrp2 came out and themes for that. Keep in mind, this is the public stuff. The new **** is always going on behind the scenes privately, waiting until it's ready. I know of a few ROMs like this, cm9 is one example. ICS sense is another.

I just don't get what all you whiners are waiting for. Is it CM9, is it wimax on aosp, do you think devs can just shake a magic wand at their machine and it's done? Why not try becoming part of the solution, instead of contributing directly and loudly to what YOU view as a problem. It's like someone hit your foot with a hammer and you were "**** that hurt, maybe I'll whack it a few more times for good measure" rather than doing something about it to make it better. WTF.

It doesn't really surprise me that a lot of the uber-talented old school devs "retired" from the public light. They saw more and more people complaining about a lack of MORE from their ilk. This thread is a good example. The OP posted the ****ing internet for gods sake, and said, hey devs, get to work, I want MORE. These same "injured" complainer types not only continue to do this, but do the opposite of what would actually make a difference.