I disagree. LTC dev is right. BTC does well because major changes in it's functionality are not made. It isn't a moving target where people have to wonder what the code will be next week and if the Dev is going to wreck it.

How many people want to become close personal friends of the Dev just to see that the constant changes are always for the good of the people?

If you do make a one line change that fundamentally changes how the coin works, you screw the coin.

LTC still has massive market cap and value... How long have people been trashing it with arguments that don't make any sense?

One line of code. One Hundred lines of code. Doesn't matter. If you fundamentally alter the coin after Beta Testing, you completely destroy all faith in it.