Nope, this is exactly what happened to Wordpress. As a senior Wordpress developer who deserted the platform after giving up, I can safely comment on your views:

Nope, this is exactly what happened to Wordpress. As a senior Wordpress developer who deserted the platform after giving up, I can safely comment on your views: #Supporting older versions is a pain. Supporting all features in older versions AND newer versions to work together is an even bigger pain. Example: Wordrpress. #Compatibility for older version leads to bloated code, with too many legacy variables, too many points of failure. Example: Wordpress. #Evolution of any software requires that it discards old ideologies and embraces the newer ones. The ones that don't do, tend to drift away from the main goals. Example: Wordpress. Wordpress was started with the exact same intention as Ghost and yet, what you are left with now is a half-baked unstable CMS, and a half-baked blogging platform that breaks old plugins with each upgrade. If you want to embrace progress, then you must embrace C.H.A.N.G.E. And this is not just for software.