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by femidav 2809 days ago
End users very consistently hate breaking changes, regardless design or functional.
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True, but it's hard to get new customers unless your "art" keeps up with the Joneses. A revised product is still usually more similar to the last version than another vendor's product such that existing users will usually stick around because a same-vendor overhaul is the least of two evils to them.