People expect technology to suck because it sucks
The problem is with the idea of &quot;continuous delivery&quot;. Many people fail to understand that technological advances only increase productivity if the innovations, the great leaps forward, are relatively rare, with long periods of stability and refinement in between.<p>There&#x27;s always an adjustment period, where people have to spend time learning a new technology, and any issues with the new technology need to be resolved. The gains in productivity happen mainly <i>after</i> the adjustment period. But we&#x27;ve eliminated the periods of stability and are constantly pushing for more &quot;innovation&quot;, which means we&#x27;re in constant periods of adjustment and resolving problems, where the promise of increased productivity is never fully met.<p>The worst idea ever in technology is regularly scheduled updates. Innovation has never and will never happen on a schedule. This is simply greed-driven, promotion-driven, pointy-haired-boss-driven development.<p>Produce something new and great... but then let us all enjoy the new thing for a while. Novelty for its own sake is not productive.