[knallfrosch]

To be honest, most OS feature updates are completely useless. Case in point:

- Android 13 comes with a new media player that puts album artwork on full display and features a dancing playback bar. - You're in control of which apps can send you notifications—helping you limit distractions. [Is that a new feature??] - Send and receive messages even when your phone’s out of reach by streaming your messaging apps directly to your Chromebook.

https://www.android.com/android-13/

Is that some sort of joke? Just patch the security holes so I can safely use my banking app and that's it. I don't need a redesigned music player.

And then of course, there's the problem of new releases hogging resources and introducing buggy behaviour. At this point, I'd prefer a promise of "never new features and 8 years of security."

[nicoburns]

The main reason for wanting OS upgrades as a consumer is that app developer tend to only support the last N versions. So at some point you’ll find that you can no longer use the apps you want to use if you’re stuck on an older version.

[Lammy]

Hence why Google are forcing an API-level bump on app developers https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37280972