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by forgotmypw17 2033 days ago
I don't know, it's certainly been the pattern I've experienced with Slashdot, reddit, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Windows, Debian, Ubuntu, Mac, Firefox, Chrome, Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, Gmail, Android, iOS, and so many other services and software that I'd be sitting here all day counting them all.

First, I find something which suits me.

Then, it starts growing from under me, typically in the direction of bloat and feature removal.

Then, the usefulness to abuse ratio drops gradually.

Then, I'm faced with having to migrate or simply abandon yet another platform.

It's a serious issue, but I believe we can overcome it with just this sort of approach combining FLOSS and dogfooding.