I tested various roms within the last few days - AOSP 5.1, CM 12.1, MIUI V5 4.12.5 (4.3), MIUI V6 5.3.27 (4.4), IUNI V3 (4.4), TencentOS (4.4), etc.
I came to the conclusion the bugs diminishing the essential functionality as we witness in Android L-based MIUI V6/V7 roms are possibly the intention from the developer. Slow speed when on wi-fi, unreliable GPS with a cyclic loss of signal, poor camera performance, etc.
Why? Because even the most obscure and ****** Chinese ROMs I tested offer this type of functionality that is precise and reliable despite other and more understandable bugs that are due to not enough capacity and time to correct them.
The essential factors like the ones described above are functional in all the roms but Android L-based MIUI V6/V7.