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Re:Users hate change by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Friday July 26, 2019 @09:38AM (#20534671)
I think some people around here, most especially the package-manager-uber-alles crowd and the security-for-the-security-god types [0], will be very upset you said this, but I agree.

Why shouldn't I use software that works best for me, even if it isn't the latest and greatest version? Why shouldn't I be able to use multiple versions of the same software as though they were different products because they do different things well? As I recall this was expected behavior in the before times, in the long long ago, when internet wasn't yet a thing.

[0] Oh, also the web-all-the-things! people.

Re:Users hate change by ryandrake on Friday July 26, 2019 @01:18PM (#20536402)
One of my pet peeves is that software always makes you take the good with the bad. You want the latest bug fixes and security updates, but you don’t want the added chat feature and UI redesign #12. But in order to get the former you also have to accept the latter. Companies should do a better job of maintaining old versions so you don’t have to take disruptive changes and feature cram just to patch a security hole.