How are these complaints really different from developing desktop software? Remember those little "system requirements" blurbs that use to be on the sides of s

How are these complaints really different from developing desktop software? Remember those little "system requirements" blurbs that use to be on the sides of software boxes when people actually went to stores to buy physical media with software on it? Developing for any platform is hard and having to deal with missing or inadequate hardware has always been a stumbling block. Desktop applications have shifted to the web. It's only a matter of time before mobile apps are also obsolete.