The problem is that businesses have to grow or they die, because they are competing with other businesses, and because they are heavily taxed and regulated. New

The problem is that businesses have to grow or they die, because they are competing with other businesses, and because they are heavily taxed and regulated. New features mean sales. So it's mainly up to the consumers. As things are, if you want a simple product made with love, you generally have to pay a premium (e.g. solid wood furniture, swiss watch, etc.) Alternatively we could slow things down by all becoming late adopters. On the positive side, feature creep drives progress. Most new features are rubbish, but every now and then one is found to be genuinely useful and it is quickly copied by everybody else.