BallClapperShits are worse.
Not worse than frames my dude. The cheapest, lightest frame bindings still weight 500 grams MORE than a shift. The uphill is a NIGHTMARE on frames, as the entire binding has to come up off the ski as opposed to just your heel. The Stack height on the uphill sucks, but not as much as the stack height on the downhill sucks. The bindings are even more fiddly than shifts, and they are clunky and in my experience break just as often if not more often than shifts. And although shifts prerelease on a downhill, most of the time its an adjustment problem.
Il be the first guy to shit on Shifts. I have had my fair share of prereleases, and sold mine as soon as I could afford CAST. However, If I had a novelty ski that I only skied on pow days and sometimes in the backcountry, and I was short on cash, or needed a MNC binding and freetour 2.0 wasnt a thing, I would get shifts or even daymakers (which honestly might be a good option for muffMan). Sayings shifts are worse than frames is just plain ignorant. Shifts suck, but frames suck more.
I promise you. Bring 2 pairs of skis to a trailhead. Do lap 1 on frames. Do lap 2 on shifts. Do lap 3 on pins. Night and day for all 3.