This is observed behavior. The churn in the rest of the ecosystem forces everything to be in a state of constant releases, patches, and upgrades. The alternativ

This is observed behavior. The churn in the rest of the ecosystem forces everything to be in a state of constant releases, patches, and upgrades. The alternative is that you depend on outdated code and then must maintain it yourself or just freeze your system forever… which is very much worse unless you’re talking about something non-networked.