Don’t hate the player, hate the game.

Many people, including myself (currently at Apple) play the promotion game every cycle to continue making progress in our individual careers.

Many of us try to build useful things, but that’s not possible every single time due to seasonal interest on certain technologies.

Not hating the player nor the game. Point was that it's hard to adopt something that one can't be confident will be maintained and supported a year from now.

The player and the game are symbiotic.