the fried fox is honestly not that bad if you keep your pawns on the 6th rank (i only play as black)

the bongcloud on the other hand is more unviable, i usually try to arrange pawns on e4, f3, g4, h4 like you might if you castled queenside vs the sicilian, and then hide the king somewhere in there

in both cases i always find myself behind on development often with my king's knight blocked in its starting square, as well as the obvious positional disadvantages

it really feels bad when my opponent castles

but i feel at least more comfortable than i was when i started having to respond to some of the ways my opponent can probe with their bishops and pawns (i must have blundered my queen at least 3 times because i forgot my king wasn't defending it)

and its fun