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Originally Posted by AtomicLabMonkey
Assumption... incorrect. The primary reason for stiffening a chassis is so the suspension springs, dampers & swaybars control a larger portion of the vehicle's kinetics - instead of the chassis acting as an additional spring. This leads to more predictable handling, and better, more noticeable response to suspension adjustments. Wheel alignment control is only a secondary benefit.
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I absolutely believe everything you wrote there, but you still haven't offered any evidence that a non-hinged STB does a better job at preventing the chassis from acting as a spring. I know it seems like it would to a certain extent, but any tiny amount of flex in the bar is going to negate the "stiffness" your depending on to hold the chassis "square". However latteral forces aren't really affected much at all by this flex.