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templates_c is the folder where the compiled templates are stored, and action that needs to be performed by the system whether you have caching turned on or not. And not all servers are setup to require the folder to be world writable, but most are. You may just be lucky (because you have a dedicated server, perhaps).
Using FTP to write data to files is not possible, because of the limitations of FTP, and that would seriously slow down any XOOPS site. And I mean seriously, because creating an ftp connection, logging in, vefifying the path, uploading the changed file to the system (what file? the system can't generate any!), all that would, if at all possible, take way too long, and render XOOPS uttely useless.
Again, if you're looking for a completely safe solution, use static HTML and a local editor to manage the site. It works very well and is very safe (and fast). So it's not that a solution isn't provided, but it may not be what you want to hear.
And this is only a problem when the user running the apache server is not the same one as the user who owns the files. So if you say it's BS, you havent really read the posts and are takinga very narrowminded view of the issue. Check if your situation fits the profile of the 2 users. If not, then you're trying to make a fuss out of nothing, as you don't even have the problem.
Herko