I woke up,
eager and excited
to complete a revision
on my current manuscript.
I turned on my laptop.
It updated…
for over an hour.
I’m fine with updates.
I understand they’re necessary.
But dependability
is more important to me.
If I’m never certain,
when I turn on my laptop,
whether or not I can
immediately use it,
the machine is no longer dependable.
If a benefit
(protection against viruses, etc)
destroys another benefit
(reliability),
you might anger
more customers
than you make happy.
Think before adding
that benefit
(and consider adding
a scheduling feature).