I think you're right. I also think there's often an attitude of "break things and move fast". Take a look at three.js, they break stuff every 3-4 releases which

I think you're right. I also think there's often an attitude of "break things and move fast". Take a look at three.js, they break stuff every 3-4 releases which makes all the tutorials on the net out of date. They explicitly state they don't care one wit about backward compatibility. It's also possible that it's not just that things are distributed on the net but also that the speed of development as accelerated. Some of the is undoubtedly due to the net (easier access to lots of resources/sample/libraries) as well as easier to collaborate and a ton more people doing it.