Haven't lived back then I'm not sure today's CD is better. Too often web breaks features people rely on. Worse they just do it randomly with no notice and no ability to have a transition time while you update. I miss the stability of knowing things will work like they did for a long time and when they break it is at a time I choose to apply the upgrade. (it didn't always work out this way, random bugs were a thing and still are)
Quality control was also a lot more important - you couldn't ship something with many bugs as customers would be forced to look at competitors if they hit your bug.
Quality control was also a lot more important - you couldn't ship something with many bugs as customers would be forced to look at competitors if they hit your bug.