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I guess it's easier to give people a bit more freedom when the initial rules are causing a lot of bad will than to restrict functionality down the line that people are relying on/used to having.



I forget who it was, but someone said "You can only ever add features, you can never take them away."


Except if you're Google. (to wit: recent API retirement)


Raymond Chen, perhaps? I vaguely remember this quote associated with Microsoft.


Sony has learned that lesson very well lately, well hopefully.


Except on HN.




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