[pseudohadamard]

> I don't think software companies ship UI churn because they're running out of things to do with their development resources.

I think that's exactly why they do it: "Our division has 600 developers that we're paying large amounts of wages to, if we try and fix some bugs no-one notices but if we roll out the 357th UI refresh everyone notices. OK, UI refresh it is then".

[wtallis]

You say "that's exactly why they do it" then go on to describe something entirely different: an organization with plenty of options to spend their development resources on, and they make their decision not out of a lack of options but due to misaligned incentives. Which is exactly the point I already made.