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Re:Tell HN: A Conversation Needs to Be Had over Subscription... by warrenm on Monday January 24, 2022 @10:12AM (#30058570)
I have no idea what version 21 vs version 20 of some hypothetical piece of software is in every case

though, the odds are quite good that version updates are improvements (security, platform support, features, etc)

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Re:Tell HN: A Conversation Needs to Be Had over Subscription... by ericd on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @04:59PM (#30092576)
Of course that's unknowable, which is why I said "usually".

As for the second part, that's not been my experience with commercial software at that point in its life at all. Maybe yours has differed.

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Re:Tell HN: A Conversation Needs to Be Had over Subscription... by warrenm on Thursday January 27, 2022 @10:16AM (#30101524)
I cannot recall any commercial software I've used in the last quarter century or more wherein a new release did not bring a host of fixes and features along with it
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