The days of putting out quality software that JUST WORKS are apparently completely over. Between Windows, browsers, Adobe, and other miscellaneous software, I interact more with “updates available!” windows than I do with anything else.
It only every existed at a point in time. The only way to insure it will continue to "just work" the way it did when you first installed it is to make sure that the hardware it runs on and any other systems in has to interact with never change.