Software upgrade cycles irritating, expensive
While reading about Microsoft Windows upgrades coming down the line (other companies do it, too), it occurred to me what the company is doing.
It is generating more income by building a product designed to be phased out before it is even introduced, so that when it rolls out the next so-called upgrade, it is forcing you to spend the money to upgrade.
This is kind of like going from Los Angeles to San Diego while the product is current. You take the I-5 south to get there, then when the “Needed Update’ is applied, you are forced to head east on the I10 toward the Salton Sea and then south through Borrego Springs back roads all the way down to I-8 before being allowed to head back west to San Diego.
You can still get there but no longer is it simple.