[General Topics] DSA:
I've typed out 4 different in depth posts for this and deleted them all....there's no point.

Although, I just randomly found this gem:

THAT is the perfect thing to post, and is in the spirit of sharing/advancement and collaboration. (If i could, i would shake him by the hand and promote him within xda)

That's one guy I've found to post that in 6 years.

One person who has the correct collective attitude and wants the forum to get better and is willing to share his work to get it done.

One person.

Every other one wants all the credit for themselves, all the fame and all the donations.

Do Google, Samsung, HTC, LG etc complain when we change their work and upload it as our own? And considering this "i own this rom and everything in it" attitude (And this whole sharing farce) seems solely related to manufacturer roms, it seems quite hypocritical/nonsensical and a complete joke.

And 90% of mods baked into all of these roms haven't been coded by the cooker of that rom - it will have been created elsewhere and then incorporated into said rom - the chef of that rom then states "You cannot take my work" - laughably wrong.

This is a classic example:

chef posts rom with this nugget:

His feature list? here:

100% deodexed
Fully working knox
Fully working SecureFolder
Build.prop tweaks for faster and better rom
Fully working SBrowser with secure mode
Working Private mode
Changed 4g icon to LTE
BetterBatteryStats to V2.2.0.0
1060 Fonts to Samsung settings
Root Explorer app
Shutter Sound option in camera settings
Call Recording Button
Support Recent App Protection
Show Data usage in expanded SystemUI
Removed low battery warning
Whitepages /identify unsaved numbers
Fixed SD-Card permissions problem
Removed SD-Card notification
Fixed Overlay bug for some apps
Camera flash work with low battery
Unlock after reboot with fingerprint without pin or pattern
Removed high volume warning
Removed confirm buttons in Reboot Menu
Rom Status official
Applock
Screencast and Screenshot toggle
Screenrecorder app with option to show/hide floating button
Minotaurus Boot- and Shutdown animation
Aircommand Spen feature
Knox 0x0
Fixed Fingerprint on new bases
Increased all sounds from 32 to 35
Keyboard with subsymbols on all languages
Disabled signature check
Systemui tuner

Did he create the deoexer? Call recording button? Root explorer app? Shutter sounds? All the extra fonts? Build prop tweaks? BetterBatteryStats? I could go on...

Apart from the boot-animation, how many of these are his own original mods that he wrote by hand with no copy/paste? Probably 2 or 3 at best. And then claims ownership. Nobody has ever reported it, no mod has ever stated he cant do that (Probably cos of rule 12).

There's so many threads just like this one....xda is broken because of the implementation of rule 12 - Which has set a precedent/mentality that you are gonna struggle to change. Just imagine the uproar changing rule 12 will bring and the constant moaning in every forum about it with no discussion from mods regarding it (See my previous post).

If it seems like I'm just a negative naysayer, that's because xda has turned me this way. After being nominated for RC (I accepted as i didn't know any better) because i liked helping people - and then figuring out what this forum was actually like and how certain people act/get away with stuff - i got disillusioned, became sarcastic/unhelpful and took my work elsewhere (I know that's no loss for xda anyway).

So, i guess that's 5 posts I've written out, not 4. (Writing all this makes me feel like Bill Murray in a certain film...sigh)

I'm off to the shops for more popcorn.