[Plushy]

Is SMF that bad? I mean... I think years ago I made some test on localhost like on... 2012 so no idea how much has improve since then. Elkarte seems fine but a little to abandonated...

Ok, to the point.

I could say Xenforo is hugely overrated but nah.... since is cheaper that vB and IPB and vB is utterly horrible, been the most used option because price and product placement is not a real merit tbh xD

But been seriously. Xenforo is "fine" for most people who only wants their online community and doesn't have the time (or don't want) to learn medium/high html+css and just want something who works fine on mobile. Mybb is great if you have the time and pacience to customize it but not all people can and is just easy to pay for a "done" work.