[alkonaut]

For users (and hence product owners, managers etc) the most important quality is features. That the product does what they want. So long as users would rather have software that does 20 things poorly than 10 things well, then that's what they'll get. Because the software with twice the functionality will cast a wider net and catch or keep more business.

The reason you see the buggy and bloated software is survivor bias I think. The software you see is the software that survived long enough to become bad. That programs grow old and bloated is a testament to that someone uses them. This was always the case too. Software was definitely not any better historically.

[menotyou]

As a user I disagree. For business software I even disagree more.

What I need is a software which does have the required functionality. What I don't need is a bloatware which has errors in all function.

As a user, I hate CD/CI. After I just get used to the old functionality, suddenly my buttons moved, my function I rely on behaves differently. I have to start to learn again instead doing my productive job.

[alkonaut]

No one writes software for you as a user, that’s the thing. Software is written for users as a group. That group will require different features so the only software you as a user can afford is the one that has enough users. The software that has enough users is the one with enough features to attract or keep those users.