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Re:Why Johnny Won't Upgrade by zmj on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @10:21PM (#24289557)
> For them, it's often cheaper or more profitable in the short run not to do any of these things.

For free-as-in-beer software? You get what you pay for.

Supporting a full matrix of (security release) * (feature release) combinations isn't cheap.

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Re:Why Johnny Won't Upgrade by pessimizer on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @10:47PM (#24289687)
> Supporting a full matrix of (security release) * (feature release) combinations isn't cheap.

Having paid for something isn't a magical spell that wards this away. Having sunk costs makes it less likely that the users will migrate away after unpleasant, user-hostile changes, not more. Having a budget also allows for enough PR to bury the complaints.

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