Windows XP was released in 2001.
Windows Vista was released 6 years later in 2007.
Windows 7 came out not long after in 2009 after two years.
8 Hit the shelves in 2012 following four years after 7.
Windows 10 was three years after that in 2015.
And Windows 11 was recent to us, in 2021, 6 years after the release of 10.
Meanwhile... in another Universe...
Zorin OS 16 was released in August of 2021. In August of 2021, users began asking when Zorin OS 17 would be released. Zorin OS follows a pretty steady year and 7mo release cycle.
Back in the original Universe, people comment that Windows shows greater app support and stability with those apps. That OS that gets released somewhere between 2 and 6 years apart.
I'm just sayin'...
Windows users think very little about how old an app is. Windows users happily use the same apps and OS for many years at a time. Windows users often refuse the WIndows OS upgrade and stick to their current version. We still have a huge number of XP Users out there.
Windows users migrate to Linux.
And...
Suddenly, an app 15 weeks old is considered outdated and they must have the latestgreatestnewesttastiestapplicationeverdevelopedonplanetearth.
I'm just sayin'...
What... psychology... is at work, here?
The evidence is overwhelming. Users prefer stability and long term support. Hands down. The numbers simply are beyond debate.
And yet... Where does this push for the latest come from?
I have an idea...