How does svn make feature branching difficult? svn branch is a "free" operation (branching doesn't use space), svn switch means you can hop between branches ea

How does svn make feature branching difficult? svn branch is a "free" operation (branching doesn't use space), svn switch means you can hop between branches easily. I can see how a dvcs is nicer to work with locally but I'd like to hear your struggles with svn.