To be honest, if the quality of software and all the ecosystem does not improve significantly, people will go away very soon. Now I guess most people here are attracted by the insanely fast growing price. Once it is stabilized, we will see more and more complains about the user experience.
I didn't intend my post to be a cry of 'the sky is falling' (nor do I think you're saying that). I don't think the situation is dire, or even serious -- the way the community came together was awesome. Nexern's client should be here soon, development appears to be going well on all fronts -- things seem to be looking up. Heck, NXT took a tumble after December 26 but the interest here grew. I'm as optimistic as ever. Still...
I don't want to have to fuck with hash checks with every update. At all. There's no openssl gui for OS X (that I know of), and having to head to the terminal every time I download... ok, who am I kidding, I'll do it, but regular users? We don't want to check our cars for hidden GPS trackers, or bombs, or cut break lines every time we want to drive. Get in, turn the key, go.
