It's not that silly. Yes, a major version bump allows you to break backwards compatibility in some ways. But if the break is too severe you run the risk of prev

It's not that silly. Yes, a major version bump allows you to break backwards compatibility in some ways. But if the break is too severe you run the risk of preventing a large percentage of the user base from upgrading. So it's still a good idea to carefully consider exactly where to introduce breaking changes and to try and keep the burden of upgrading proportional to the benefits offered by the upgrade.