The thing is that with the widespread usage of the internet it seems harder to successfully reform the orthography of a language. Every language is, nowadays, in one way or another decentralized and uncontrolled by language authorities.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_orthography_reform_of_1...
I as a child started learning the old orthography in school, was taught the "new" one later on and had to use it and even the "new new" one (there was basically a version 2.1 minor update). To this day I am confused about how to correctly spell and write words, and I always end up mixing old/new orthography. The fact that almost all major newspapers refuse to fully adhere to the new orthography and use custom deviations every here and there does not exactly help.
Lessons learned: It is a mess, don't do it.
But then I'm also the kind of person who thinks we should embrace the positivist calendar and agree on a single language.
As far as I remember, the update to the update was only about allowing some old forms as valid alternates. Which I like very much. I'm mostly on board with the new style (partly based on upbringing, partly because it makes much more sense), but you'll never see me write "Portmonee".
French is another one, however, the transition to the new orthography is still incomplete around the world. I think Frank lately enforced it at schools.
Other examples include the Berber language in Morocco and Algeria. Most people ignore spelling reforms and just pick the spelling they like most. This is mostly because the standardization of Berber came after the introduction of the internet and the proliferation of informal spelling standards.
It was defined in 1990, but actual implementation started in 2009 and was complete by 2016 in Brazil.
Actually, software — in particular autocorrect software, helped to spread the reformed spelling quite a bit in my opinion.
There is a section about it here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reforms_of_Portuguese_orthog...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reforms_of_Portuguese_orthogra...
I dont want to attack you personally, but idea that languages are uncontrolled is quite opposite. It is centralized more than many things. I think McDonald's is less centralized than this.
If the reforms you mentioned were pushed in the last 10 years, maybe they were strictly enforced (plus, the limited free speech rights)?