Good points here, but let&#x27;s have a quick look at the examples provided here:<p>&gt; There are some companies you can rely on: Bare Bones, Panic, and Omni (my employer), for instance.<p>Hmm. Panic killed its early MP3 player Audion not long after Apple started shipping iTunes in their OS for free [1]. And Omni has allowed their once mind-blowingly great web browser OmniWeb [2] to wither; though theoretically still in development, only &quot;test builds&quot; of the latest version have been available for years, and it doesn&#x27;t even have its own page on Omni&#x27;s site anymore.<p>The author&#x27;s point - that software companies discontinuing software sometimes is a thing that happens regardless of other factors - still stands, but the companies the author cites as counter-examples are not themselves flawless.<p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.panic.com&#x2F;extras&#x2F;audionstory&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.panic.com&#x2F;extras&#x2F;audionstory&#x2F;</a><p>[2]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.omnigroup.com&#x2F;more" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.omnigroup.com&#x2F;more</a>