Correct - and one of the problems with all these custom patches is that eventually it's so far from the main branch that Jive Technical Support stops providing.... technical support.
Thing is, custom patches to Jive are core functionality for forum users. Nothing exotic. Just simple usability for a forum.
These so-called "custom patches" are essential for using the forums with any degree of efficiency. Jive will never be the right solution.
We don't want or need the social media ecosystem that is obviously central to the Jive experience. Many people are disabling every non-forum feature they come across - some on a post-by-post basis. High maintenance indeed. So what's the point in using Jive? We just want a Q&A forum for discussing and learning more about Adobe software.
I still cannot see why Adobe cannot cut the apron strings with Jive and implement a solution more attuned to being a forum which we can all use properly.