"Quality standards" like using whatever old version of library the distro provides. And yes it's a madhouse both for app developers and for distro developers

This problem is exacerbated by things like the Canonical interview process where your hiring is intrinsically tied to having drank the whole koolaid and thinking it's the best thing around

We need a linux distro made by people who hate linux. People who buy no excuses. Maybe then things will work