Why are you oblidged to upgrade to the newest software i.e. why do you have to move from Mojave to Catalina or from iOS 12 to iOS 13.
Why wasn't waiting a few months for stability patches an option?
Why wasn't waiting a few months for stability patches an option?
Ah here, leave it out.
All new software has new problems -- don't want the problems. Opt for tried and tested. Plenty of folk still happily purring along on older versions of macOS.
There was a great article here the other day about a guy revising his approach to upgrading macOS every October instead choosing to evaluate the new features vs introducing change that can break things. Can't find it though atm.
Because it's impossible to buy a new device with an old os?
He almost certainly accumulated a fair number of Apple devices and then had chosen to upgrade them all to Catalina/iOS 13 and then encountered problems. These problems could have been avoided by not immediately upgrading all devices the latest software release. Instead he could have opted to roll out upgrades devices by device thus limiting the scope of any problems.