[throwawaylinux]

I don't know how their process worked exactly but if you're going to just claim they didn't listen to their users and therefore you win the argument that's pretty cheap.

They certainly listened to their users and potential users.

[stkdump]

It's not cheap. I gave reasons why the world changed. You reasons (they used to listen, now they don't) don't hold water, because you can't point to anything concrete.