As a general rule, on this count, we mostly agree. There's a reason I'm on 11.2 and not, for example, 9.2 and that's additional features and the inevitable requirement for forced updates. The ONLY point of my post, was to highlight the need for asking "What do I gain from updating, and is this enough value proposition for doing so?". You're right, in that the gap is closing VERY quickly as CFW advances. The upgrade to B9S was necessitated by the acceleration of developer adoption, and thus, I moved from A9LH to B9S once 1.2 was released and more relative maturity reached. Should a future Ninty update start creating a threshold necessitating forced updates to run, or offers features that warrant the effort required to update, I'm more than happy to do so. The same potential for downgrades I also consider as part of the equation. It wasn't that long ago that I had to downgrade my other N3DS (which I use for update testing, daughter runs it) from 11.3 after waiting a bit because of the Zelda and Gateway issues (I've got this on 11.4 btw, mostly for testing).
That said, it's my belief that we need to be careful with how we use words like "necessary", especially in forums used more and more for less experienced users. I didn't go through all of this to soapbox or preach, or because I think Nintendo consoles are serious business. I only wanted to offer a point of view as someone who's been on this train for a long time, and I don't just mean this console. I've been tinkering with my shit for 40 years now and understand the pains of early adoption. It's fun...unless you don't know how to get yourself out of it, which is why I generally advocate moving glacially if you're a novice user. Just my 2 cents, and my last post on this topic.
As an aside, I very much appreciate the tone of this post. Candor is fine, and for my part, I apologize for the snark of my previous posts, and hope that feeling is reciprocated. Hopefully, in the end, we can both realize we're simply trying to help the person in this thread.
