IMO, for fear of being label a hype boy, this is absolutely a sign of the impending singularity. We are taking an ever accelerating frame of cultural reference as a given and our expectation is that exponential improvement is not just here but you’re already behind once you’ve released.

I spend the last two years dismayed with the reaction but I’ve just recently begun to realize this is a feature not a flaw. This is latent demand for the next iteration expressed as impatient dissatisfaction with the current rate of change inducing a faster rate of change. Welcome to the future you were promised.