In a product where a customer has to apply (or be aware of updates), it’s easier to excite them about new features instead of bug fixes.
Especially for winning over new customers.
If the changelog for a product’s last 5 releases are only bug fixes (or worse “refactoring” that isn’t externally visible), most will assume either development is dead or the product is horribly bug ridden - a bad look either way.
Even in more respected journals, peer review is often done by beleaguered grad students who could be still relatively new to the field. They lack the experience to look at things with a critical eye.
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