[hindsightbias]

The JWST folks contacted me about my mirror-finish cast iron. Eggs still stick.

I went through about a dozen different seasoning formulas from reddit. Still stick. Someone then insisted my #10 Lodge must be from the 40s when the iron had too much boron or whatever because of war shortages. Really.

Every conspiracy in modern times is a distraction effort from the only real one: seasoning doesn’t work.

I’m sure a few of them will show up here. They’re everywhere.

[switchbak]

Not really sure what half of what you said actually means, but you can get excellent results with a cheapo lodge, grapeseed seasoning and cooking with butter. I'm lazy as hell, and it typically lasts me many months of effectively non-stick cooking. You can't cook acids with it, but I'm not sure where you've gotten the idea that seasoning doesn't work. Perhaps you haven't been able to make it work yet?