The same reason Facebook loads multiple MBs of JavaScript code for something that could have been not more than 1 MB. One can't help but wonder about nefarious purposes: either collecting user data or abusing the computing resources. For companies that tend to hire the best and the brightest, the 'software bloat' theory is not compelling.
Curiously, major Linux distributions have also gotten significantly slower compared to early 2000s versions.
I wonder, for a thought experiment, what if companies stopped development on software when it reaches certain stage of maturity, say Windows 2000, providing only necessary security updates or optional visual changes?
I was very reluctant switching from win xp to win 7. Unless the 64bit era would have forced me I rather would have stayed put.
New software is really not adding much to the table after some point of completion since the software companies seems to mostly add pet feutures and user hostile fads be it star menu, complete gui changes, 'enterprise' admin lookout or ads and tracking.
E.g. Facebooks 1000s of developers seem to add a net of antifeutures to their site. On Netflix you can't even disable autoplay.
It is the same really for software moving to remote mainframes. The companies rather hide and burry the old desktop versions deep.
Curiously, major Linux distributions have also gotten significantly slower compared to early 2000s versions.
I wonder, for a thought experiment, what if companies stopped development on software when it reaches certain stage of maturity, say Windows 2000, providing only necessary security updates or optional visual changes?