[pjjpo]

While I don't want to ruin this thread with coming out, I can't find a better place - sorry.

While I have a guess on what elephant everyone is thinking about, I wonder if it's just the stock market - at a higher level capitalism itself. I have felt Android get less stable with pretty much every release for many years now, well before the current boom. I think this is all a long term trend devaluing craftsmanship, with a root cause of why care if you can still make tons of money anyways.

[gigisfndr]

I tend to agree. This does seem attitudinal and around for a long time. Plus “Hurry up and break things” etc. has added to it. Furthermore, support & support metrics which could have been a great signal for such things is, I suspect, measured on something else (e.g speed to resolution of a ticket ) I am surprised that quality does not seem to have caught up yet as a moat - atleast amongst those who can afford it and atleast for big ticket items.