> If you are unhappy with how things are handled, fork it and do better. Yes, but often the projects where this happens are just big enough to where one person

> If you are unhappy with how things are handled, fork it and do better. Yes, but often the projects where this happens are just big enough to where one person cannot realistically maintain their own fork to the same level that users will expect if they are looking to jump ship. What I've seen happen more often than not, is even if the person does attempt a fork, they either get constantly attacked by existing users, or stop working on it within a year, or both.