No, I definitely agree that all the Dev Fees, Founder Rewards, etc. Is what's ruined the zk-snarks ecosystem.

Pirate/ARRR, and Z-cash suck because of that.

I think Zclassic is a good implementation but unfortunately has little to no traction, so for now Z-cash has the zk-snarks momentum until an organic coin version of Z-cash like Bitcoin, and Monero replaces it hopefully.