Love the parasite analogy, to add to it, it perhaps morphs into a symbiotic relationship between them for a while, with the parasite eventually becoming the hos

Love the parasite analogy, to add to it, it perhaps morphs into a symbiotic relationship between them for a while, with the parasite eventually becoming the host and the original app becoming the parasite that is gradually getting smaller and smaller but you just can’t shift, and the finally one day you clean out that final piece and it feels great. Meanwhile the business got all the new features they wanted when they wanted them and it kept moving forwards at all times.