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I see no real reason to upgrade, there's no new features that interest me. Combined with the UI issues, why would I upgrade?

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> there's no new features that interest me

Precisely! Can’t recall the last time they added a feature I wanted, so I just stick with the oldest version that is still supported. Upgrading is more likely to break things than provide anything I actually need.

1. it's not that bad 2. you'll probably get used to it 3. gotta get it over with sometime

These are not reasons. These are placatings.

People get very annoyed and less productive when they have to relearn a large portion of their workflow. A carpenter uses the same tools the same way for fifty years, but someone working with software in any capacity has their tools replaced with new ones every few months and has to learn first how they differ and then how to get them to mostly do the same things as they old tools.

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