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Also brick walls don't really go through iterative changes, which is an important issue with tech debt.
If the wall works, then it works
A software project will work now, but may not hold up when you need to change something
You don't ever HAVE to update software though. That's just the way it's usually done now. It's a choice. Usually updates are made to add more features or monetization or whatever but you could just not do that.
If you look at old video games for example those were released and never updated again. They will still work today too.
If your a business and the majority of your business customers updates from win 11 to win 12 than you have to update to support win 12 to, to keep the revenue stream running.
We updated the roads, your old car won't work on these.