[spronkey]

Yes. Through a combination of increased network-dependence of apps, increased pace in general of updates, system-level updates that are required for security, app updates that are required for system updates and/or security, or simply because the app just ceases to function at all without the updates, and SaaS, we have in many ways lost the ability to say "no" to updates by remaining on older software.

[BugWatch]

This. So much this. I won't rant here again, but I have ranted about it here in the recent past.

Having a dead man's switch in an app is particularly annoying, especially when the new version intentionally cripples the previous functionality.