Sealtm2, no one is discounting that you have genuine issues. However, the problem being identified is the issue where people complain for 3 months that the software is full of bugs, then a service release comes out, and people get mad about having to install it.

No one is saying anyone should or shouldn't install anything. If you are doing okay without a patch, then there's zero reason to install it. The patches are released to fix problems that people have reported. If you're not one of those people, then there's no reason to even think about the patch.

I run into issues sometimes, and I report them. Sometimes their fix is included in a service release. Sometimes not. Usually when they aren't, it turns out it is a problem specific to me. No harm, no foul.

All I'm saying is it can't go both ways. Either there are no patches released, and everyone lives with what they've got, or e-F puts out patches that hopefully solve the problems without creating new ones. It's one or the other. But people can't complain about both. (Not accusing you of said behavior.)