"But the whole goal of auto-upgrading is to avoid the spread versions, it's a mess to investigate when you have reports from 1 year old version, that's t

"But the whole goal of auto-upgrading is to avoid the spread versions, it's a mess to investigate when you have reports from 1 year old version, that's the main reason why we choose to do that." I see this all the time, especially in open source products. A vendor decides to screw over its users because the vendor wants less work and doesn't feel like finding a better solution. And they usually get away with it, because big open source projects are incumbents that are very hard not to use. If you make a product, please prioritize solving the user's problems and pain over your own. Not only is it the compassionate and ethical thing to do, but it also helps engender goodwill for your product. People often choose a product solely because of their feelings for it (branding 101).