Historically FOSS has been far more resistant to this cycle; not all FOSS projects, but many. It's much easier for FOSS projects to just say no, and they can spend years or even decades refining things. In the commercial world you can never say no. Not only that, but you have to constantly add features.
Now that corporate interests dominate in many corners of the FOSS sphere, this benefit of FOSS is diminishing. Which is a shame, because it's a big reason why FOSS was so successful, and why so many old commercial projects collapsed under their own weight, even though they always had more features than their FOSS counterparts and thus theoretically should have only grown their user base.
Now that corporate interests dominate in many corners of the FOSS sphere, this benefit of FOSS is diminishing. Which is a shame, because it's a big reason why FOSS was so successful, and why so many old commercial projects collapsed under their own weight, even though they always had more features than their FOSS counterparts and thus theoretically should have only grown their user base.