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The same happens in literature. Frankly I feel like George r. R. Martin slightly owes his readers an ending, since some of the appeal of long stories is that th
by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 3y ago
The same happens in literature. Frankly I feel like George r. R. Martin slightly owes his readers an ending, since some of the appeal of long stories is that they promise payoffs towards the end.
With software I actually understand it less. I don't do "cargo add" and then think "just imagine how good chapter 2 will be!"
- gorjusborg 3y agoI have always thought the attitude that a creator 'owes' a sequel to fans as extreme entitlement on the part of those fans. So I think the analogy is good, but I disagree that the creator ever owes anything to ones benefitting from their initial work.
- 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 3y agoI'm saying people probably don't download software expecting for the next version to make it worthwhile, but they often read books on an implied promise that the story threads will eventually be all tied up. Objectively, yes, it's entitlement. All you can really do is avoid pop culture entirely and not start a series until the author is done writing, I guess