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> If you're a technical user, you know it's unlikely that update == "more crashes and slower load times" so saying the opposite isn't helpful, and a list of things might be helpful.

Umm, no; if you're a technical user, you know it is likely that update == "more crashes, slower load times and useful features breaking or disappearing entirely", regardless of what the changelog says, because you've observed exactly that happening with eg your webbrowser or image editor.

> "Bugfixes and performance improvements" [(]is a given[)], and [(]helps no one[)].

Well, you're half right.




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