Resistance to Change

This cluster focuses on discussions about people's strong aversion to change, especially in technology, software updates, user habits, and workflows, explaining why even beneficial improvements face significant pushback. Comments emphasize that users and organizations prefer familiarity over efficiency due to the hassle and risks of adaptation.

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Sample Comments

ganoushoreilly Jul 6, 2018 View on HN

I think a lot of it is people are just adverse to change.

PaulHoule Sep 19, 2021 View on HN

Changing anything is a big hassle.

mhurron Apr 9, 2025 View on HN

Some people have real problems with change.

pjmlp May 5, 2021 View on HN

I fear this will be another unladen swallow, it is not for lack of trying, rather the resistance to change.

jiehong May 15, 2025 View on HN

Sounds more like a story of change management with people not changing their way.

simonw Jul 31, 2021 View on HN

It's not technically hard to change that - it's hard because the service now has millions of users who expect it to work the way it does.

Biganon Jul 11, 2020 View on HN

People hate change, that's not a reliable indicator. You could increase the quality immensely, most users would still feel attacked because they have to spend an extra effort to adapt.

eclipxe Feb 7, 2023 View on HN

Getting users to switch from an ingrained habit is hard. I wouldn't write things off so fast.

misuba Feb 17, 2010 View on HN

People hate change a lot more than they hate inefficiency!

brigandish Jul 4, 2022 View on HN

Possibly it's because it's hard to get things right the first time, but sometimes it's better than the old way so there's a big shift to it, and once we know a better way it's hard to shift people to the better thing because the old thing was just good enough.Come to think of it, this probably applies to any product.