It must be amazing to be in Shimano's position where Sram bares all the R&D and recall cost and they can just use this "research" to come up with a better, cheaper, more durable product.
Keep 'innovating' Sram.
(I actually ride more sram than shimano these days lol)
I'm not sure that 'johnny-come-lately second best' is a market position any company wants to be in, but if laurel-resting and ripping off the hard work of others counts for anything they're doing a fair old job of it :)
actually no, I'm wrong, 7900 was significantly worse.
7800 isn't pretty though, it's function-only in the extreme.
Regardless of your nostalgia for Shimano scaffolding, Hydro eTap is the one.