Most software already has a “golden key” backdoor: the system update
Remember when software didn't need updates almost every day? It seems like we've regressed in terms of quality and the general principle of <i>doing it right the first time</i>. I understand that some things do change and bugs do occur, but I don't think <i>everything</i> needs to, nor should the rate of bugs being found be anywhere near what it is today.<p>Personally, I prefer stability over "new features", turn off automatic updates, and read changelists carefully. Anything which doesn't have a good description and rationale of <i>why</i> it needs to be changed, and how that is relevant to my usage of the software, doesn't get changed. (And software which doesn't give me the option of doing so, doesn't get used either.)